H4853 - מַשָּׂא (massâʼ)

H4853 מַשָּׂא (massâʼ) mas-saw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 5375; a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire

KJV Usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, X they set, song, tribute

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַשָּׂא (mas.sa) — burden. 1) load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting 1a) load, burden 1b) lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up 1c) bearing, carrying 1d) tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne

מַשָּׂא (mas.sa) — oracle. utterance, oracle, burden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַשָּׂא (H4853 · H4854) — מַשָּׂא

noun m · נשׂא

Confident

Collocation: מַשָּׂא נֶפֶשׁ

heart's desire literally: lifting up (one's) self; hence: = action by which humans turn to (other) humans with the confidence that they will find joy and comfort there

EZK 24:25

Hold

carrying, bearing literally: lifting up; hence: = state in which humans are bearing a load while moving from one place to another

1CH 15:22 · 1CH 15:22 · 1CH 15:27 · 2CH 20:25 · 2CH 35:3

Bear

burden, responsibility literally: burden; hence: = a heavy responsibility that a person bears ◄ as if it were a physical load

NUM 11:11 · NUM 11:17 · DEU 1:12 · 2SA 15:33 · 2SA 19:36 · JOB 7:20 · PSA 38:5 · JER 23:33

Objects

burden, load = an object or collection of objects to be carried; ◄ may be of a relatively heavy weight

EXO 23:5 · NUM 4:15 · NUM 4:19 · NUM 4:24 · NUM 4:27 · NUM 4:27 · NUM 4:31 · NUM 4:32 · NUM 4:47 · NUM 4:49 · NEH 13:15 · NEH 13:19 · ISA 22:25 · ISA 46:1 · ISA 46:2 · JER 17:21 · JER 17:22 · JER 17:24 · JER 17:27

Quantity

load (as a quantity) = an amount of goods according to what a certain animal was considered able to carry

2KI 5:17 · 2KI 8:9 · 2CH 17:11

Unsafe

suffering, oppression literally: burden; hence: = process by which humans suffer violence from (other) humans, ◄ which is perceived as a heavy load

HOS 8:10

Sing

music, song, singing meaning unsure; literally: lifting up (one's voice); hence, possibly: = action by which one utters words with a set or improvised tune, whether accompanied by musical instruments and dancing or not

1CH 15:22 · 1CH 15:22 · 1CH 15:27

noun m

Know

pronouncement, instruction = a message from someone in authority, such as a deity or sage, intended to serve as instruction, guidance, or comfort

2KI 9:25 · 2CH 24:27 · PRO 30:1 · PRO 31:1 · ISA 13:1 · ISA 14:28 · ISA 15:1 · ISA 17:1 · ISA 19:1 · ISA 21:1 · ISA 21:11 · ISA 21:13 · ISA 22:1 · ISA 23:1 · ISA 30:6 · JER 23:33 · JER 23:33 · JER 23:34 · JER 23:36 · JER 23:36 · JER 23:38 · JER 23:38 · JER 23:38 · LAM 2:14 · EZK 12:10 · NAM 1:1 · HAB 1:1 · ZEC 9:1 · ZEC 12:1 · MAL 1:1

name

Names of People

Massa = man; ◄ son of Ishmael, son of Abraham

GEN 25:14 · 1CH 1:30

¹ 1CH 15:22 · 1CH 15:22 · 1CH 15:27 NJB "transport" = [1b] | RSV NRSV REB ESV "music" NIV "singing" NJPS "song" = [1h] ² JER 23:33 Please note the intentional wordplay between "instruction" [2a] and "burden" [1c] in this verse. ³ 2CH 17:11 NJB "load" REB "quantity" GNT "large amount" | RSV NIV NJPS NRSV ESV "tribute"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַשָּׂא n.m. load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute base

מַשָּׂא n.m. utterance, oracle base