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Strong's #4537 - מָסַךְ

Transliteration

mâçak

Phonetics

maw-sak'

Root Word (Etymology)

a primary root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to mix, mingle, produce by mixing

1a) (Qal) to pour, mix

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2767 ‑ κεράννυμι (ker‑an'‑noo‑mee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

NAS (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

HCS (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

BSB (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

ESV (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

WEB (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2344) k x m (מסכ MSK) AC: Mix CO: Mixed wine AB: ?: The mixture of water and wine. [from: xm]

V) k x m (מסכ MSK) - Mix: To mix water with wine. KJV (5): (vf: Paal) mingle - Strongs: H4537 (מָסַךְ)

N^m) k x m (מסכ MSK) - Mixed wine: A mixture of water and wine. [df: gzm] KJV (2): mixture, liquor - Strongs: H4197 (מֶזֶג), H4538 (מֶסֶךְ)

h^m ) k x m m (ממסכ MMSK) - Mixture: What is mixed. KJV (2): mixed wine, drink offering - Strongs: H4469 (מִמְסָךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מָסַךְ verb mix, produce by mixing (compare perhaps מזג, מֶזֶג Ba^{Esther 33,51}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳מ Isaiah 19:14; מָֽסְכָה Proverbs 9:2; מָסָ֑כְתִּי Proverbs 9:5; Psalm 102:10; Infinitive construct מְסֹךְ Isaiah 5:22; —

1 pour, only figurative, בְּקִרְבָּהּ׳מ רוּחַ עִוְעִים Isaiah 19:14 (subject ׳מ); mix, with accusative שֵׁכָר Isaiah 5:22; i.e. make a choice drink by mixing with spices, etc. (mixing with water came later, compare 2 Maccabees 15:39) Löw^{p. 419} Frä^{162f, 171f.} Now^{Archaeology 1,120} Benz^{Archaeology 95}; object יַיִן figurative, subject wisdom Proverbs 9:2,5; שִׁקֻּוַי בִּבְכִי מָסָ֑כְתִּי Psalm 102:10 my drink with weeping have I mixed (see Assyrian [ akâl] ul âkul, bikîtum kurmati, mê ul aštî, dîmtu maštîtî Zim^{BP 34}).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

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

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List of Word Forms

לִמְסֹ֥ךְ למסך מָסְכָ֣ה מָסַ֥ךְ מָסָֽכְתִּי׃ מסך מסכה מסכתי׃ lim·sōḵ limSoch limsōḵ mā·sā·ḵə·tî mā·saḵ mā·sə·ḵāh maSach maSacheti māsaḵ māsāḵətî maseChah māsəḵāh