מַשְׂאֵת
masʼêth · H4864 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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bearing, carrying, suffering
Literally: lifting up; hence: process by which humans are held responsible for a certain action or for the well-being of others
ExamplesZephaniah 3:18 “I will gather those who are worried about the appointed feasts— They came from you, Zion; The disgrace of exile is a burden on them.
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portion, share
Literally: lifting up; hence: one part of an object (or range of objects) that has been divided into several portions
ExamplesGenesis 43:34 Then he took portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank freely with him.
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Literally: lifting up; hence: an amount of rising smoke, used as a means of communication (signal (of smoke))
ExamplesJudges 20:38 Now the agreed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.
Judges 20:40 But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, Benjamin looked behind them; and behold, the entire city was going up in smoke to heaven.
Jeremiah 6:1 “Flee to safety, you sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a warning signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, Along with a great destruction.
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present, gift
Literally: lifting up; hence: causative action by which humans bring objects to (other) humans or deities as a gift
Examples2 Samuel 11:8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
Esther 2:18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and his servants; he also made a holiday for the provinces and gave gifts in proportion to the king’s bounty.
Jeremiah 40:5 As Jeremiah was still not going back, he said, “Go on back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go anywhere it seems right for you to go.” So the captain of the bodyguard gave him a ration and a gift, and let him go.
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tax
Literally: lifting up; hence: an amount of money that is to be paid to a ruler in return for certain rights or privileges
Examples2 Chronicles 24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the contribution of Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?”
2 Chronicles 24:9 And they made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the LORD the contribution commanded by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
Amos 5:11 Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And take a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of cut stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.
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Literally: lifting up; hence: action by which humans lift up their hands (to lift up (one's) hands, to lift up (one's) palms)
ExamplesPsalm 141:2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The raising of my hands as the evening offering.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- חָלַלto profane, to begin 1
- יָצָאto go out 1
- רָבָהto increase 1
What is done to itIt is the object
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 2
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 2
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- עָלָהto go up 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֵאשִׁיתbeginning, first, best 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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Semantic domains 5 entries
- Bear002003003003
- The word's core sense of a burden or lifting up denotes something carried or borne, matching its own gloss.
- Non-Whole002003001021
- The word can denote a portion or mess, a partial share rather than the whole, as the portions Joseph gave his brothers from his own table.
- Know002004002007
- The word can denote an agreed sign or signal, as the column of smoke that served as the prearranged signal communicating information between the men of Israel and their ambush.
- Non-Possess002003002018
- The word can denote a tax or contribution given up to another, as the contribution of Moses that Jehoiada was to collect from Judah and Jerusalem.
- Pray002004001009010
- The word can denote an oblation, a religious offering presented in worship, one of the senses listed among its broader gloss.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4864. maseth מַשְׂאֵת noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation…
מַשְׂאֵת noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation compare Ol§ 109 a Sta§ 272 b Köii. 1, 183; Phoenician (Pun) has משאת = payment, tax see Lzb326); — absolute ׳מ Jdg 20:40 +; construct מַשְׂאַת Gen 43:34 +; plural absolute מַשְׂאֹת Gen 43:34, + (probably) מַשְׂאוֺת Lam 2:14 (see below); construct מַשְׂאֹת Gen 43:34; —
1 that which rises, uprising, uplifting:
a. ׳מ הֶעָשָׁן Jdg 20:38 uprising of smoke, compare (׳הֶע omitted) Jdg 20:40.
b. in General = signal Jer 6:1 (= נֵס Gf.).
c. uplifting of hands (כַּמַּי) in prayer Psa 141:2 (|| תְּפִלָּה).
2 utterance, oracle (= III. מַשָּׂא), Lam 2:14 (Bu Löhr).
3 burden Zep 3:18 (of reproach, figurative).
4. a. portion (carried to some one), especially from table of king or superior, Gen 43:34 (3 t. in verse) (J; on custom see Di and references), 2Sa 11:8; so read perhaps also 2Sa 19:43 (for נִשֵּׂאת ᵑ0) Gr HPS.
b. perhaps also more Generally, present, largess from a superior Jer 40:5 ( + אֲרֻחָה food-allowance), Est 2:18 (הַמֶּלֶךְ כְּיַד).
c. exacted or enforced gift, from inferior, ׳מ בַּר Amo 5:11 (compare Phoenician above; see also מנחה).
d. sacred contribution, tax ׳מ משֶׁה (׳י) עֶבֶד2Ch 24:6, 2Ch 24:9.
e. offering to ׳י Eze 20:40.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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