Word

מוּשׁ

mûwsh · H4185 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences

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Meanings

to give way

Process why which an object gets detached from the place where it has been fixed

Examples
Isaiah 22:25 “On that day,” declares the LORD of armies, “the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken.”
to deviate from

Literally: to detach oneself (from an activity); hence: action by which humans stop engaging in an activity

Examples
Job 23:12 “I have not failed the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
to move, to depart

Process by which an object moves away from its location

Examples
Exodus 13:22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from the presence of the people.
Numbers 14:44 But they foolishly dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country; neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses left the camp.
to move, to depart

Action by which humans or supernatural beings leave a particular location

Examples
Exodus 33:11 So the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
to leave, to depart

Literally: to detach itself (from someone or somewhere); hence: process by which a certain event stops taking place

Examples
Joshua 1:8 “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will achieve success.
Psalm 55:11 Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.
Proverbs 17:13 One who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
to remove

Causative process by which deities cause individuals or groups of people to lose ownership of something

Examples
Micah 2:3 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am planning against this family a catastrophe From which you cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk haughtily, For it will be an evil time.
Micah 2:4 “On that day they will take up against you a song of mocking And utter a song of mourning and say, ‘We are completely destroyed! He exchanges the share of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He apportions our fields.’
Zechariah 3:9 ‘For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the LORD of armies, ‘and I will remove the guilt of that land in one day.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

20 occurrences in 20 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 3
Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (20) 20

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

עָוֺןiniquity 1
צַוָּארneck 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

11 occurrences in 12 groups

Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

With adverbsAdverbs

14 occurrences in 4 groups

לֹאnot 13
יוֹמָםby day 1
אַלnot, do not 1
עַתָּהnow 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἐκλείπω ekleípō · G1587 · to give out, to fail, to depart out of: Greek ἐκλείπω renders Hebrew מוּשׁ in contexts of cessation or departure, both lexemes denoting the action of ceasing to be present or coming to an end, with ἐκλείπω particularly emphasizing the complete exhaustion or failing of something.

Semantic domains 6 entries

Non-Whole002003001021: מוּשׁ in this sense describes something being taken away or removed from a whole, as in Exodus 13:22's pillar of cloud, which God "did not take away" from the people.
Non-Engage002003003012: The verb can describe disengaging or departing from a place or activity, as in Exodus 33:11's note that Joshua "would not depart from the tent" even after Moses returned to camp.
Move002002001012: At its core the verb denotes a movement away, a departing or ceasing to be present, as in Judges 6:18's request, "do not depart from here until I come back."
End002003003010: The verb can mark the cessation or ending of an activity or state, as in Joshua 1:8's charge that the Book of the Law "shall not depart" from one's mouth, that is, its recitation should never cease.
Non-Possess002003002018: The word can describe something being taken away from someone's possession or presence, overlapping with the sense of removal illustrated at Exodus 13:22.
Touch002004001001004: מוּשׁ describes departing or removing oneself from a place, illustrated at Exodus 33:11 ("his servant Joshua... would not depart from the tent") and Joshua 1:8 ("this Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth").

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4185. mush I. [מִישׁ מוּשׁ, Böii. 512 f.; but Thes Köi. 511 think purely ו׳׳ע] verb…

H4185. mush
I. [מִישׁ מוּשׁ, Böii. 512 f.; but Thes Köi. 511 think purely ו׳׳ע]
verb depart, remove (Arabic (י) is walk with elegant, proud, self-conceited gait); —
Qal Perfect וּמָשׁ consecutive Zec 14:4; וּמַשְׁתִּ֫י Zec 3:9; מָ֫שׁוּ Num 14:44; Imperfect יָמוּשׁ Jos 1:8; Isa 54:10, etc.; — depart, mostly of inanimate things ( = be removed) followed by מִן Jos 1:8; Isa 59:21; Jer 31:36; without preposition Pro 17:13 Qr, Isa 22:25; Isa 54:10 (twice in verse) (|| מוֺט); followed by ה locative Zec 14:4; followed by מִן person Jdg 6:18; of both Num 14:44; transitive remove, followed by accusative Zec 3:9.
Hiph`il Imperfect יָמִישׁ Exo 13:22 Exo 13:6t., etc.; remove, take away, followed by מִן Mic 2:3; followed by לְ Mic 2:4 (but ᵐ5 StaZAW vi. 1886, 122f. מֵשִׁיב אֵין for יָמִישׁ אֵיךְ); depart, followed by מִן person Exo 33:11; figurative recede Job 23:12; of idol, leave its place, Isa 46:7; of other inanimate things, followed by מִן Exo 13:22; figurative Psa 55:12; Pro 17:13 Kt (Qr יָמוּשׁ); without preposition, absolute, Nah 3:1, subject טֶרֶף; of righteous under figure of tree, מֶּ֑רִי מֵעֲשׂוֺת יָמִישׁ לֹא Jer 17:8, i.e. shall not cease.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0