הַשְׁחָתָה, (שָׁחַת) l) destruction. Y. Shek. I, 45ᵈ bot. (ref. to Zeph. III, 7) כל ה׳ … בהשכמה וכ׳ whatever destructive work the Israelites undertook, they did with early rising (eagerly). Ex. R. 10, end הַשְׁחָתַת הצפרדעים the injury (to their bodies) caused by the frogs (Ps. LXXVIII, 45); a e.—2) (with ref. to Lev. XIX, 27) shaving with a razor. Naz. 57ᵇ; Kidd. 35ᵇ כל שישנו בה׳ וכ׳ he to whom the law, ‘Thou shalt not destroy’ (Lev. l. c.) applies, is subject to the law, ‘Ye shall not take off all around &c.’, v. הַקָּפָה. Ib. גילוח שיש בו ה׳, v. גִּילּוּח; a. fr.