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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 - Joseph selected and sent portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely and celebrated with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the [signal] cloud began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the entire city went up in smoke to heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet (spend time at home).” Uriah left the king’s palace, and a [fn]gift from the king was sent out after him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax for the tent of the testimony which was authorized by Moses, the servant of the LORD and the servant of the assembly of Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - Then they made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God imposed 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; and he made a [fn]festival for the provinces and gave gifts in accordance with the resources of the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2 -

Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;

The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 -

“Run for safety, you children of Benjamin,

Out of the midst of Jerusalem!

And blow a trumpet in Tekoa [in Judah]

And raise a signal-fire in Beth-haccherem [near Jerusalem];

For evil is looking down [with eager anticipation] from the north,

And great destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - While Jeremiah was still hesitating, the captain of the bodyguard said, “Go on back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed [governor] over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go wherever it seems right for you to go.” So the captain of the bodyguard gave him an allowance of food and a gift and let him go.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 -

Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you

False and foolish visions;

And they have not exposed your wickedness

To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent],

But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel (Zion),” says the Lord GOD, “there the whole house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me. There I will [graciously] accept them, and there I will seek (require) your offerings and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy and sacred things.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 -

Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor

And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them,

Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone,

You will not live in them;

You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:18 -

“I will gather those [Israelites in captivity] who grieve about the appointed feasts—

They came from you, [O Zion];

On whom the reproach [of exile] is a burden.

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