מַסָּה

Biblical Hebrew

despair — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

despair tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַסָּה³: n.f. despair tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. despair (lit. melting, failing);—only לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּים יִלִעָ֑ג Jb 9:23 at the despair of innocent ones he mocketh; so 𝔗 Ew Di Bu Du > Ges Hi al. trial (by calamity), √ נסה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: despair (1).

In the verses

Job 9:23 · tree →

אִם־שׁ֭וֹט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃

Word for word: if a.scourge it.kills suddenly (to).[the] despair of.innocent.[ones] he.mocks

JPS 1917: If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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