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title: מַסָּח — for plucking away · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסָּח (4535), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: for plucking away. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַסָּח

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«מַסָּח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **for plucking away** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4535 · **BDB:** מַסָּח

### Glosses

by.turns (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

for plucking away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4535/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** dub. word., only in וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַבַּיִת מַסָּ֑ח 2 K 11:6; Thes al. sub √ נסח=for plucking away, i.e. repulse, defense, but very uncertain; prob. textual error; om. 𝔊B We Stap. 354; 𝔊L Μεσσαε.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַסָּח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4535/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.11.6/)

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וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ בְּשַׁ֣עַר ס֔וּר וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֥ית בַּשַּׁ֖עַר אַחַ֣ר הָרָצִ֑ים וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת הַבַּ֖יִת מַסָּֽח׃

*Word for word:* and the.third \[part\] at the.gate of.Sur and the.third \[part\] at the gate behind the runners and you.will.keep (et) the.watch of the.house by.turns

*JPS 1917:* now another third part was at the gate Sur, and another third part at the gate behind the guard — shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.

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