Strong’s
H4222Verb3 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Psalm 98:8יִמְחֲאוּ
Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
- Isaiah 55:12יִמְחֲאוּ
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Ezekiel 25:6מַחְאֲךָ
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מָחָא] vb. strike, only = clap (the hand)
Qal only fig., of joy of inanimate things before י׳
Pi. of exultation over foe
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.