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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
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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 Box Gen 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instead of blessing me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - But Rachel had taken the household idols and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sitting on them. When Laban had thoroughly searched her tent without finding them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - You have rummaged through everything I own. Now show me what you found that belongs to you! Set it out here in front of us, before our relatives, for all to see. Let them judge between us!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward heaven, and the land of Egypt will be covered with a darkness so thick you can feel it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - They find it is dark in the daytime,
and they grope at noon as if it were night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope in the darkness without a light.
He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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