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Lexicon :: Strong's H4959 - māšaš

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מָשַׁשׁ
Transliteration
māšaš
Pronunciation
maw-shash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1262

Strong’s Definitions

מָשַׁשׁ mâshash, maw-shash'; a primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope:—feel, grope, search.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H4959 in the following manner: grope (4x), feel (3x), search (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H4959 in the following manner: grope (4x), feel (3x), search (2x).

  1. to feel, grope

    1. (Qal) to feel, grope

    2. (Piel) to feel over or through, grope

      1. to feel through

      2. to grope

    3. (Hiphil) to feel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָשַׁשׁ mâshash, maw-shash'; a primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope:—feel, grope, search.
STRONGS H4959: Abbreviations
† [מָשַׁשׁ] verb feel, grope (Late Hebrew id. Pi.; Arabic bdb060601 feel; Ethiopic bdb060602 Di166; Aramaic bdb060603, מְשַׁשׁ Pa., Palp. — see also ימשׁ, II. מושׁ); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְמֻשֵּׁנִי Genesis 27:12 perhaps my father will feel me; וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ Genesis 27:22 and he felt of him (both J).
Pi. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deuteronomy 28:29, וַיְמַשֵּׁשׁ Genesis 31:34; 3rd person masculine plural יִמַשְׁשׁוּ Job 5:4; Job 12:25; Participle מְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deuteronomy 28:29; — feel over or through, grope: —
1. לָבָּן אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאֹהֶל וַיְמ׳ Genesis 31:24 and Laban felt through the whole tent (i.e. searched it); so (object כֵּלַי) Genesis 31:37 thou hast felt through all my possessions (or baggage; both E).
2. grope, of blind Deuteronomy 28:29b (in simile), periphrase conjectural, וְהָיִיתָ מְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deuteronomy 28:29a and thou shalt become one that gropes at noonday (figurative of judicial blindness); compare Job 5:14; Job 12:25.
Hiph. Imperfect וְיָמֵשׁ חשֶׁךְ Exodus 10:21 that one may feel (the) darkness; read also Imperative suffix הֲמִשֵׁנִי (for והימשׁני, see ימשׁ) Judges 16:26 and let me touch the pillars (2 accusative)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:12; 27:22; 31:24; 31:34; 31:37

Exodus

10:21

Deuteronomy

28:29; 28:29; 28:29; 28:29

Judges

16:26

Job

5:4; 5:14; 12:25; 12:25

H4959

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4959 matches the Hebrew מָשַׁשׁ (māšaš),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - “Perhaps H194 my father H1 will feel H4959 me, then I will be as a [fn]deceiver H8591 in his sight, H5869 and I will bring H935 upon myself a curse H7045 and not a blessing.” H1293

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - So Jacob H3290 came H5066 close H5066 to Isaac H3327 his father, H1 and he felt H4959 him and said, H559 “The voice H6963 is the voice H6963 of Jacob, H3290 but the hands H3027 are the hands H3027 of Esau.” H6215

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel H7354 had taken H3947 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and put H7760 them in the camel’s H1581 saddle, H3733 and she sat H3427 on them. And Laban H3837 felt H4959 through H4959 all H3605 the tent H168 but did not find H4672 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Though H3588 you have felt H4959 through H4959 all H3605 my goods, H3627 what H4100 have you found H4672 of all H3605 your household H1004 goods? H3627 Set H7760 it here H3541 before H5048 my [fn]kinsmen H251 and your [fn]kinsmen, H251 that they may decide H3198 between H996 us two. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Stretch H5186 out your hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky, H8064 that there may be darkness H2822 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 even a darkness H2822 which may be felt.” H4959

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will [fn]grope H4959 at noon, H6672 as the blind H5787 man H5787 gropes H4959 in darkness, H653 and you will not prosper H6743 in your ways; H1870 but you shall only H389 be oppressed H6231 and robbed H1497 continually, H3605 H3117 with none H369 to save H3467 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - “By day H3119 they meet H6298 with darkness, H2822
And grope H4959 at noon H6672 as in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - “They grope H4959 in darkness H2822 with no H3808 light, H216
And He makes them stagger H8582 like a drunken H7910 man. H7910
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