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title: מָסַךְ — mix · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָסַךְ (4537), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: mix. BDB 1906: vb. mix, produce by mixing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָסַךְ

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«מָסַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mix** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 4537 · **BDB:** מָסַךְ

### Glosses

I.have.mixed (1); \[which\].I.have.mixed (1); he.has.mixed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mix [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4537/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. mix, produce by mixing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4537/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. mix, produce by mixing (cf. perhaps מזג, מֶוֶג BaES 33, 51);— Pf. 3 ms. מ׳ Is 19:14; מָֽסְכָה Pr 9:2; מָסָ֑כְתִּי Pr 9:5 ψ 102:10; Inf. cstr. מְסֹךְ Is 5:22;— pour, only fig., מ׳ בְּקִרְבָּהּ רוּחַ עִוְעִים Is 19:14 (subj. י׳); mix, c. acc. שֵׁכָר Is 5:22; i.e. make a choice drink by mixing with spices, etc. (mixing with water came later, cf. 2 Macc 15:39) Löwp. 419 Frä 162 f. 171 f. NowArch. 1, 120 BenzArch. 95; obj. יַיִן fig., subj. wisdom Pr 9:2, 5; שִׁקֻּוַי בִּבְכִי מָסָ֑כְתִּי ψ 102:10 my drink with weeping have I mixed (v. Assyrian \[akâl\] ul âkul, bikîtum kurmati, mê ul aštî, dîmtu maštîtî ZimBP34).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָסַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4537/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.2/)

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טָבְחָ֣ה טִ֭בְחָהּ מָסְכָ֣ה יֵינָ֑הּ אַ֝֗ף עָֽרְכָ֥ה שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* she.has.slaughtered slaughter her she.has.mixed wine her also she.has.arranged table her

*JPS 1917:* She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

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[Proverbs 9:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.5/)

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לְ֭כוּ לַחֲמ֣וּ בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י וּ֝שְׁת֗וּ בְּיַ֣יִן מָסָֽכְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* come eat in food my and drink in.\[the\] wine \[which\].I.have.mixed

*JPS 1917:* 'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

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