The meaning of “מָסַס”
Understanding mâçaç reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly. - to liquefy - figuratively, to waste (with disease)...
מָסַס
discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly. - to liquefy - figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) 1) to dissolve, melt 1a) (Qal) to waste away 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to melt, vanish, drop off, melt away 1b2) to faint, grow fearful (fig.) 1b3) wasted, worthless (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to melt
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 16:21 | “And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.” Word: מָסַס (mâçaç) | |
| Joshua 5:1 | “And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.” Word: מָסַס (mâçaç) | |
| 1 Samuel 15:9 | “But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.” Word: מָסַס (mâçaç) | |
| Psalms 97:5 | “The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.” Word: מָסַס (mâçaç) | |
| Ezekiel 21:7 | “And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.” Word: מָסַס (mâçaç) |
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