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Strong's #4529 - מָסָה

Transliteration

mâçâh

Phonetics

maw-saw'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

1219

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to melt, dissolve, be liquefied

1a) (Hiphil)

1a1) to melt, cause to dissolve, consume, cause to vanish

1a2) to intimidate (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1026 ‑ βρέχω (brekh'‑o); 3179 ‑ μεθίστημι (meth‑is'‑tay‑mee, ‑is‑tan'‑o); 5080 ‑ τήκομαι (tay'‑ko);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Joshua 1

Psalms 3

NAS (5)

Joshua 2

Psalms 3

HCS (4)

Joshua 1

Psalms 3

BSB (4)

Joshua 1

Psalms 3

ESV (4)

Joshua 1

Psalms 3

WEB (4)

Joshua 1

Psalms 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1291) x m (מס MS) AC: Melt CO: ? AB: Affliction: The dissolving or melting away of something.

A) x m (מס MS) AC: Dissolve CO: ? AB: Affliction: A wasting or fainting away due to an outside force.

N^m) x m (מס MS) - I. Afflicted: II. Task work:A group of workers under forced labor. KJV (24): afflict, tribute, tributary, levy, discomfit, taskmaster - Strongs: H4522 (מִס), H4523 (מַס)

N^f1) e x m (מסה MSH) - Tribute: An offering. KJV (1): tribute - Strongs: H4530 (מִסָּה)

i^m) x m t (תמס TMS) - Melt: KJV (1): melt - Strongs: H8557 (תֶּמֶס)

B) x x m (מסס MSS) AC: Melt CO: ? AB: ?

V) x x m (מסס MSS) - Melt: A melting of something from heat. Also the melting of the heart through fear or discouragement. KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Participle) melt, faint, discouraged, loose, molten, refuse - Strongs: H4549 (מָסַס)

D) x a m (מאס MAS) AC: Dissolve CO: ? AB: ?

V) x a m (מאס MAS) - Dissolve: To make something dissolve away. Also to dissolve something through refusal. KJV (76): (vf: Paal, Niphal) despise, refuse, reject, abhor, - Strongs: H3988 (מָאַס)

c^m) x f a m (מאוס MAWS) - Dissolve: Something that is dissolved through refusal. KJV (1): refuse - Strongs: H3973 (מָאוֹס)

F) x m e (המס HMS) AC: Melt CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) x m e (המס HMS) - Melt: KJV (1): melting - Strongs: H2003 (הֲמָסִים)

H) e x m (מסה MSH) AC: Melt CO: ? AB: ?

V) e x m (מסה MSH) - Melt: KJV (4): (vf: Hiphil) melt, consume, water - Strongs: H4529 (מָסָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2344 K x m (Mix, Mixed wine)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[מָסָה] verb melt, dissolve, be liquefied (Ethiopic

liquefy; Aramaic מְסָא melt away,

dissolve, decay, coagulate; Assyrian masû is wash; see also מסס); — only

Hiph`il Perfect 3 plural הִמְסִיו Joshua 14:8 (on form see Ges^{§ 75} R.17). Imperfect sf . יַּעמסֵם Psalm 147:18; 2 masculine singular וַתֶּ֫מֶס Psalm 39:12; אַמְסֶה Psalm 6:7; — cause to dissolve, melt, ice Psalm 147:18; hyperb. בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׁי אַמְּסֶה Psalm 6:7 with my tears I cause my bed to dissolve; וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֺ Psalm 39:12 = consume, cause to vanish; figurative followed by לֵב = intimidate Joshua 14:8.

I. [מַסָּה] see מסס. II, III. מַסָּה see נסה.

[מִסָּה] see מִסַּת. מַסְוֶה see סוה

מְסוּכָה = מְשׂוּכָה see II. סוך (שׂוך).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מָסָה i.q. מָסַס and מָאַס No. II., to melt, to flow down. (Chald. מְסָא, Syriac ܡܣܐܳ to be decayed, to putrify; Eth. መሰወ፡ to melt.)

Hiphil, to melt, to dissolve. Psalms 6:7, בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶה “I dissolve (as it were) my couch with tears.” Psalms 147:18 fut. apoc. וַתֶּמֶס Psalms 39:12 trop. to melt the heart, i.e. to terrify; plur. הִמְסִיו in the Chald. form for הִמְסוּ Joshua 14:8.

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List of Word Forms

אַמְסֶֽה׃ אמסה׃ הִמְסִ֖יו המסיו וְיַמְסֵ֑ם וַתֶּ֣מֶס וימסם ותמס ’am·seh ’amseh amSeh him·sîw himSiv himsîw vatTemes veyamSem wat·te·mes wattemes wə·yam·sêm wəyamsêm