מַשָּׁק
mashshâq · H4944 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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rushing upon
Process by which animals move forward at great speed and with aggressive intent
ExamplesIsaiah 33:4 Your plunder is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; Like an infestation of locusts, people storm it.
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- גֵּבpool 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 2
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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Near synonyms 2 words
- רוּץ rûwts · H7323 · to run, to hurry, to race
- The standard Hebrew verb for running; מַשָּׁק appears to be a specialized nominal/verbal form denoting iterative or multidirectional running where רוּץ is the basic lexeme for the running action itself
- מְרוּצָה mᵉrûwtsâh · H4794 · running, course, life
- Nominal form derived from רוּץ denoting the act or course of running; semantically parallel to מַשָּׁק as a noun describing running motion
Contrasting words 2 words
- נוּחַ nûwach · H5117 · to wait, to pause, to rest
- Lexical opposite of rapid movement; denotes coming to rest or settling, the cessation of motion that is the antonym of running to and fro
- שָׁקַט shâqaṭ · H8252 · to be quiet, to be still
- Denotes stillness and quietness, the state opposite to active running around; represents rest versus restless motion
In the other Testament 1 word
- περιτρέχω peritréchō · G4063 · to run about
- Greek verb specifically denoting running around/to and fro, closely matching the semantic nuance of מַשָּׁק's 'running to and fro'
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Move002002001012
- The word denotes running to and fro, a rapid, restless movement.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4944. mashshaq [מַשָׁק] noun [masculine] running, rushing; — construct מַשַּׁק Isa 33:4,…
[מַשָׁק] noun [masculine] running, rushing; — construct מַשַּׁק Isa 33:4, of locusts.
שׁקר (√ of following; deceive; Aramaic שְׁקַר deceive, also noun deceit, Pa`el deceive, and derivatives; Assyrian tašsirtu [Dl-gir-] a lie,so Late Hebrew שֶׁקֶר, Arabic and (loan-word ?)).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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
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