מָסָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4529

melt — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

melt tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָסָה: vb. melt, dissolve, be liquefied tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. melt, dissolve, be liquefied (Ethiopic መሰወ liquefy; Aramaic מְסָא melt away, ܡܣܳܐ dissolve, decay; coagulate; Assyrian masû is wash; v. also מסס);—only Pf. 3 pl. הִמְסִיו Jos 14:8 (on form v. Ges§ 75 R. 17). Impf. sf. יַמְסֵם ψ 147:18; 2 ms. וַתֶּ֫מֶס ψ 39:12; אַמְסֶה ψ 6:7;—cause to dissolve, melt, ice ψ 147:18; hyperb. בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׁי אַמְסֶה ψ 6:7 with my tears I cause my bed to dissolve; וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ ψ 39:12=consume, cause to vanish; fig. sq. לֵב=intimidate Jos. 14:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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: I melt (1); he (1); they melted (1).

In the verses

Psalms 147:18 · tree →

יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּבָר֣וֹ וְיַמְסֵ֑ם יַשֵּׁ֥ב ר֝וּח֗וֹ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃

Word for word: he.sends word his and he melts.them he.makes.blow wind his they.flow waters

JPS 1917: He sendeth forth His word, and melteth them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Psalms 6:7 · tree →

יָגַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִ֗י אַשְׂחֶ֣ה בְכָל־לַ֭יְלָה מִטָּתִ֑י בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י עַרְשִׂ֥י אַמְסֶֽה׃

Word for word: I.have.become.weary by groaning my I.make.swim in every night bed my with tear[s] my couch my I.melt

JPS 1917: I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears.

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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