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מֶּ֫שַׁע noun masculine Psalm 19:14 transgression; — absolute
׳פ Exodus 22:8 +,
מָּ֑שַׁע Proverbs 10:9 +; construct
מֶּשַׁע Genesis 50:17 +; suffix
מִּשְׁעִי Genesis 31:16 14t. suffixes; plural
מְּשָׁעִים Proverbs 10:12; construct
מִּשְׁעֵי Amos 1:3 +, etc.; —
1 transgression against individuals Genesis 31:36; Genesis 50:17 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:8 (E), 1 Samuel 24:12; 1 Samuel 25:28; Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 17:19; Proverbs 29:6,16,22. שְׂפָתַיִם ׳פ Proverbs 12:13; על כלפֿשׁעים תְּכַסֶה אַהֲבָה Proverbs 10:12, compare Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 19:11; Proverbs 28:13.
2 of nation, against nation: Amos 1:3,6,9,11,13; Amos 2:1; of land Proverbs 28:2. Elsewhere
3 against God:
a. in General, "" חטאת Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:12; Micah 1:5 (twice in verse); Micah 1:13; Micah 3:8; Amos 5:12; "" עון Ezekiel 21:29; Psalm 107:17; ׳עשׂה פ Ezekiel 18:22,28; ׳ביום פ Ezekiel 33:12; ׳רַבּוּ פ Isaiah 59:12; Job 35:6; Jeremiah 5:6(?); יֹסִיף על ׳חטאתו פ Job 34:37 he addeth transgression unto his sin; ׳יִלְדֵי פ Isaiah 57:4; personified as evil spirit, נאם פשׁע Psalm 36:2.
b. as recognized by sinner; he knows it Psalm 51:5, makes known concerning it to ׳י Psalm 32:5, does not cover it (כסה) Job 31:33; turns from it Isaiah 59:20; Ezekiel 18:30; casts it away from him Ezekiel 18:31.
c. God deals with it: by visiting it (פקד) Amos 3:14; Psalm 89:33, dealing with one according to it, עשׂה כ Ezekiel 39:24, making it known to sinner Job 13:23; Job 36:9; punishing in various ways: ׳מִמּ because of it Isaiah 53:5,8; with על, acc. to it Amos 2:4,6; Lamentations 1:5,22; for it, with ב Isaiah 50:1; ׳עֹל פ Lamentations 1:14 yoke of transgression; personified, ׳וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד פ Job 8:4; be does not grant forgiveness to it, ׳לאֹ נאשׂ ל Exodus 23:21; Joshua 24:19(E).
d. God forgives (נשׂא) it Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18 (J), Job 7:21, compare Psalm 32:1; pardons (סלח) 1 Kings 8:50; passes over (עבר על, compare Proverbs 19:11) Micah 7:18; removes (הרחיק) Psalm 103:12; covers over (כפר) Psalm 65:4 ;-compare (of priest) ׳וְכִמֶּר עַלהַֿקֹּדֶשׁ מִפ Leviticus 16:16, and confession of ׳פ over (על) goat Leviticus 16:21; — God blots out (מחה) Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22; Psalm 51:3; ׳וּפ אַלתִּֿזְכֹּר Psalm 25:7; delivers from, הציל מן Psalm 39:9. — Job 35:15 read מֶּשַׁע for פַשׁ q. v.
4 guilt of transgression (compare עון
2), ׳בְּלִי פ without (guilt of) transgression Job 33:9; Job 34:6; ׳לא פ Psalm 59:4; עלינו ׳פ Ezekiel 33:10; כבד ׳עליה פ Isaiah 24:20; ׳בְּרֹב פ Psalm 5:11; ׳נקיתי מפ Psalm 19:14; יִמַּמְּאוּ: ׳בְּכָלפֿ defile themselves with all (the guilt of) transgressions Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 37:23; ׳חָתֻם בִּצְרוֺר פ Job 14:17.
5 punishment for transgression, Daniel 8:12,13; Daniel 9:24, compare try עון 3
6 offering for transgression, האתן בכורי פשׁעי Micah 6:7 shall I give my first-born as an offering for my trunsgression (compare חטאת 4).