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Lexicon :: Strong's H4864 - maśśᵊ'ēṯ

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מַשְּׂאֵת
Transliteration
maśśᵊ'ēṯ
Pronunciation
mas-ayth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1421h

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).
  1. 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)
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.
STRONGS H4864: Abbreviations
מַשְׂאֵת noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation compare Ol§ 109 a Sta§ 272 bii. 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).
4.
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:34; 43:34; 43:34; 43:34

Judges

20:38; 20:40; 20:40

2 Samuel

11:8; 19:43

2 Chronicles

24:6; 24:9

Esther

2:18

Psalms

141:2

Jeremiah

6:1; 40:5

Lamentations

2:14; 2:14

Ezekiel

20:40

Amos

5:11

Zephaniah

3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4864 matches the Hebrew מַשְּׂאֵת (maśśᵊ'ēṯ),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - Then he took portions H4864 to them from [fn]his own table, but Benjamin’s portion H4864 was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank freely with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - Now the agreed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud H4864 of smoke rise from the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the cloud H4864 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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 H4864 from the king [fn]was sent after him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 [fn]contribution H4864 of Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - And they made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the LORD the [fn]contribution H4864 commanded by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 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 H4864 in proportion to the king’s bounty.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2 -

May my prayer be [fn]counted as incense before You;

The raising H4864 of my hands as the evening offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 -

“Flee to safety, you sons of Benjamin,

From the midst of Jerusalem!

Blow a trumpet in Tekoa

And raise a warning signal H4864 over [fn]Beth-haccerem;

For evil looks down from the north,

Along with a great destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - As [fn]Jeremiah was still not going back, [fn]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 H4864, and let him go.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 -

Your prophets have seen for you

Worthless and deceptive visions;

And they have not exposed your wrongdoing

So as to restore you from captivity,

But they have seen for you worthless and misleading pronouncements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “there the entire house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them and there I will demand your contributions and the choicest of your gifts H4864, with all your holy things.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 -

Therefore because you impose heavy [fn]rent on the poor

And take a tribute H4864 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:18 -

“I will gather those who are worried about the appointed feasts

They [fn]came from you, Zion;

The disgrace of exile is a burden H4864 on [fn]them.

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