Lexicon masah: to melt, dissolve, be liquefied Original Word: מָסָהPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: masah Phonetic Spelling: (maw-saw') Short Definition: consume NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto melt, dissolve, be liquefied NASB Translationconsume (1), dissolve (1), melt with fear (1), melts (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ מָסָה] verb melt, dissolve, be liquefied (Ethiopic liquefy; Aramaic מְסָא melt away, dissolve, decay, coagulate; Assyrian masû is wash; see also מסס); — only Hiph`il Perfect3plural הִמְסִיו Joshua 14:8 (on form see Ges§ 75 R.17). Imperfect sf . יַּעמסֵם Psalm 147:18; 2masculine singular וַתֶּ֫מֶס Psalm 39:12; אַמְסֶה Psalm 6:7; — cause to dissolve, melt, ice Psalm 147:18; hyperb. בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׁי אַמְּסֶה Psalm 6:7 with my tears I cause my bed to dissolve; וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֺ Psalm 39:12 = consume, cause to vanish; figurative followed by לֵב = intimidate Joshua 14:8. I. [מַסָּה] see מסס. II, III. מַסָּה see נסה. [מִסָּה] see מִסַּת. מַסְוֶה see סוה מְסוּכָה = מְשׂוּכָה see II. סוך (שׂוך).
Strong's make to consume away, make to melt, water A primitive root; to dissolve -- make to consume away, (make to) melt, water. |
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