Lexicon :: Strong's H4864 - maśśᵊ'ēṯ

מַשְּׂאֵת

Transliteration

maśśᵊ'ēṯ

Pronunciation

mas-ayth'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From נָשָׂא (H5375)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1421h

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מַשְׂאֵת masʼêth, mas-ayth'; from H5375; properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden):—burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H4864 in the following manner: burden (3x), mess (3x), collection (2x), flame (2x), gifts (1x), oblations (1x), reward (1x), sign (1x), lifting up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H4864 in the following manner: burden (3x), mess (3x), collection (2x), flame (2x), gifts (1x), oblations (1x), reward (1x), sign (1x), lifting up (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

uprising, utterance, burden, portion, uplifting
1. that which rises, uprising, uplifting, signal, rising
2. utterance, oracle
3. burden
4. portion, present, largesse, gift, contribution, offering, tribute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H4864: Abbreviations

† מַשְׂאֵת noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation compare Ol^{§ 109 a} Sta^{§ 272 b} Kö^{ii. 1, 183}; Phoenician (Pun) has משאת = payment, tax see Lzb³²⁶); — absolute מ׳ Judges 20:40 +; construct מַשְׂאַת Genesis 43:34 +; plural absolute מַשְׂאֹת Genesis 43:34, + (probably) מַשְׂאוֺת Lamentations 2:14 (see below); construct מַשְׂאֹת Genesis 43:34; —

1. that which rises, uprising, uplifting:

a. הֶעָשָׁן מ׳ Judges 20:38 uprising of smoke, compare (הֶע׳ omitted) Judges 20:40.

b. in general = signal Jeremiah 6:1 (= נֵס Gf.).

c. uplifting of hands (כַּפַּי) in prayer Psalm 141:2 (|| תְּפִלָּה).

2. utterance, oracle (= III. מַשָּׂא), Lamentations 2:14 (Bu Löhr).

3. burden Zephaniah 3:18 (of reproach, figurative).

a. portion (carried to some one), especially from table of king or superior, Genesis 43:34 (3 times in verse) (J; on custom see Di and references), 2 Samuel 11:8; so read perhaps also 2 Samuel 19:43 (for MT נִשֵּׂאת) Gr HPS.

b. perhaps also more generally, present, largess from a superior Jeremiah 40:5 (+ אֲרֻחָה food-allowance), Esther 2:18 (כְּיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ).

c. exacted or enforced gift, from inferior, בַּר מ׳ Amos 5:11 (compare Phoenician above; see also מנחה).

d. sacred contribution, tax משֶׁה מ׳ (י׳) עֶבֶד 2 Chronicles 24:6, 9.

e. offering to י׳ Ezekiel 20:40.

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