--- title: מָאַס — reject · The Tanakh dictionary description: מָאַס (3988), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 74 times: reject. BDB 1906: vb. reject Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3988.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502.md)‎ / מָאַס‎ # מָאַס «מָאַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reject** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 74 times · **Key:** 3988 · **BDB:** מָאַס ### Glosses you.have.rejected (8); they.have.rejected (7); I (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) reject [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3988/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. reject Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3988/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. reject (NH id.; Aramaic מְאַס reject, despise; BAES 15 comp. (dub.) Arabic مَعَسَ lightly esteem (Ḳam.; Assyrian ma’âsu is perhaps destroy MeissnSuppl. 55);— Pf. 3 ms. מָאַס Is 8:6 + 4 times; sf. מְאָסָם ψ 53:6; 2 ms. מָאַסְתָּ Je 14:19 + 3 times; מָאַסְתָּה Ju 9:38 1 S 15:26 + 22 times Pf.; Impf. יִמְאַס Jb 8:20 + 3 times; יִמְאָ֑ס ψ 36:5 Jb 36:5; sf. וַיּמְאָֽסְךָ 1 S 15:23, 26; for וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ Ho 4:6 (so Baer, cf. DeComplut. Var. 18 f.; not וָא׳ Van d. H.) read וְאֶמְאָֽסְךָ; 3 mpl. יִמְאֲסוּ Je 6:19 + 2 times; יִמְאָס֑וּן Is 31:7; + 12 times Impf.; Inf. abs. מָאוֹס Is 7:15, 16 מָאֹס Je 14:19 La 5:22; cstr. מָֽאָסְכֶם Is 30:12; מָאֳסָם Am 2:4; Pt. מוֹאֵס Pr 15:32; מֹאֵס Is 33:15, f. מֹאֶסֶת Ez 21:15 (text dub., Co מוֹאֲסֵי; Berthol וּמְאַסֵּף), v 18 (also dub., Co מִטֻּמְאָתָם; Berthol מְאַסֵּף);— reject, refuse, c. acc.: God rejects men Ho 4:6; 9:17; 1 S 15:23, 26; 16:1, 7; 2 K 23:27; Is 41:9; Je 7:29; 14:19(×2); 33:24, 26; Lv 26:44 (H), ψ 53:6 Jb 8:20; 10:3 La 5:22(×2); זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָם ψ 89:39; men reject God Nu 11:20 (J), 1 S 8:7; 10:19; men 1 S 8:7; Jb 30:1; idols Is 31:7, evil ψ 36:5, knowledge Ho 4:6, divine תורה Am 2:4; Is 5:24; דבר 1 S 15:23, 26, חקות Ez 20:24, חקים 2 K 17:15; מוסר Jb 5:17; Pr 3:11; var. things Is 8:6 Ez 21:15 ψ 118:22; Jb 31:13. c. בְ God rejects men 2 K 17:20 Je 6:30; 31:37 ψ 78:59, 67 that in which man confides Je 2:37; men reject evil Is 7:15, 16 divine תורה Je 6:19, דבר Is 30:12; Je 8:9, חקות Lv 26:15 (H); משׁפטים v 43 (H), Ez 5:6; 20:13, 16; var. things, Nu 14:31 (J) Is 33:15; Je 4:30 ψ 106:24. despise, c. acc., God subj. שׂנאתי מאסתי חגיכם Am 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts; elsewhere men subj. גם עוילים מ׳ בי Jb 19:18 even young children despise me; אמ׳ חיי 9:21 I despise my life, cf. מואס נפשׁוֹ Pr 15:32; הלא זה העם אשׁר מ׳ בוֹ Ju 9:38 is not this the people that thou despisedst? מ׳ עָרִים Is 33:8; obj. om. Jb 7:16 (34:33; 36:5; 42:6 (𝔖 Siegf אֶשְׁתֹּק; 𝔊 𝔙 Symm Bö אֶמָּאֵס) Ez 21:18 (but v. supr.).— be rejected: Impf. תִּמָּאֵס Is 54:6 (wife); Pt. נִמְאָס Je 6:30; (silver), ψ 15:4 (= reprobate; opp. יִרְאֵי י׳); + f. נִמְאָסָה, נִמְאֶסֶת 1 S 15:9 rejected, i.e. worthless (for ℌ נָמֵס) according to We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS (‖ נמבזה, read נִבְזָה; cf. מסס, בזה Niph.) Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 67 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מָאַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3988/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 118:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.118.22/) אֶ֭בֶן מָאֲס֣וּ הַבּוֹנִ֑ים הָ֝יְתָ֗ה לְרֹ֣אשׁ פִּנָּֽה׃ *Word for word:* a.stone \[which\].they.rejected the builders it.has.become (into).\[the\] head of.\[the\].corner *JPS 1917:* The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone. [Job 9:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.21/) תָּֽם־אָ֭נִי לֹֽא־אֵדַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֗י אֶמְאַ֥ס חַיָּֽי׃ *Word for word:* \[am\].blameless I not I.know self my I.reject life my *JPS 1917:* I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life. - ← previous: [מאס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3973.md) - next →: [מָאַס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5d0_5b7_5e1.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502.md)