H516 · אַל תַּשְׁחֵת
ʼAl tashchêth · al tash-kayth' · Altaschith
H516 (ʼAl tashchêth, pronounced al tash-kayth') is the Hebrew word אַל תַּשְׁחֵת in Strong’s dictionary: 'Thou must not destroy'. It appears 8 times in 4 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- אַל תַּשְׁחֵת (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʼAl tashchêth
- Pronunciation
- al tash-kayth'
- Derivation
- from H408 (אַל) and H7843 (שָׁחַת);
- Definition
- 'Thou must not destroy'; probably the opening words to a popular song
- Rendered in the KJV
- Al-taschith.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
8 occurrences in 4 verses (6 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “Do Not Destroy” ×3
- “To the tune of” ×2
- “To the tune of “Do Not Destroy” ×1
By book
Psalms 4
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H516.