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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #4537 - מָסַךְ
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2344) kxm (מסכ MSK) AC: Mix CO: Mixed wine AB: ?: The mixture of water and wine. [from: xm]
V) kxm (מסכ MSK) - Mix: To mix water with wine. KJV (5): (vf: Paal) mingle - Strongs: H4537 (מָסַךְ)
Nm) kxm (מסכ MSK) - Mixed wine: A mixture of water and wine. [df: gzm] KJV (2): mixture, liquor - Strongs: H4197 (מֶזֶג), H4538 (מֶסֶךְ)
hm ) kxmm (ממסכ MMSK) - Mixture: What is mixed. KJV (2): mixed wine, drink offering - Strongs: H4469 (מִמְסָךְ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
מָסַךְ to mix, to mingle, i.q. מָזַנ. (This root is very widely extended, not only in the Phœnicio-Shemitic languages, but also in the Indo-Germanic and Slavonic languages. See Arab. مشج, مزج, ماش Med. Ye, to mix, مَسْمَا سُ, مَسْمَسَةُ mixture; Germ. Mifchmafch; Aram. ܡܙܓܰ, מְזַג, מְזַךְ; Sanscr. maksh and misr; Pers. امير يدن and اميختن; Gr. μίσγω; Lat. misceo; Polish mieszam; Bohem. smisseti; Engl. to mash, to mix; Germ. mifchen) Psalms 102:10; Isaiah 19:14, יְהֹוָה מָסַךְ בְּקִרְבָּהּ רוּחַ עִוְעִים “Jehovah has mingled in her midst a spirit of perversities;” i.e. Jehovah has sent upon them a perverse disposition. Specially to mix wine, i.e. to spice it, Proverbs 9:2, Isaiah 5:22.
Hence מִמְסָךְ and
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13