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title: מָסַס — dissolve · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָסַס (4549), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: dissolve. BDB 1906: vb. dissolve, melt Niph. Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָסַס

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«מָסַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dissolve** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 4549 · **BDB:** מָסַס

### Glosses

it.melted (4); it.will.melt (3); he.will.melt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dissolve [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4549/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dissolve, melt Niph. Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4549/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dissolve, melt, intr. (𝔗 מְסַס; cf. מסה, and II. מאס);— Inf. cstr. מְסֹס נֹסֵס Is 10:18; like the melting (wasting away) of a נֹסֵס (q.v.) Pf. וְנָמֵס consec. Ez 21:12; וְנָמָ֑ס Ex 16:21 ψ 112:10; נָמַ֫סּוּ ψ 97:5 + 2 times; Impf. יִמַּס Dt 20:8 +; וַיִּמַּסּוּ Ju 15:14; Inf. abs. הִמֵּס 2 S 17:10; cstr. id. ψ 68:3; Pt. נָמֵס ψ 22:15 + 2 times;— melt (intr.) of manna Ex 16:21; wax ψ 68:3 (sim. of wicked); manacles Ju 15:14 (=vanished, dropped off); wicked ψ 112:10 (melt away); especially of hills and mts. Mi 1:4 ψ 97:5 Is 34:3. most often fig. of heart=faint, grow fearful, Na 2:11 2 S 17:10(×2) Dt 20:8 (Ges§ 121 b) Jos 2:11; 5:2; 7:5 Is 13:7; 19:1 Ez 21:12 ψ 22:15. Pt.=wasted, consumptive (?), 1 S 15:9 (‖ נְמִבְזָה, read נִבְזָה v. בזה Niph.) נִמְאֶסֶת worthless, lit. rejected (v. מאס Niph.) Pf. 3 pl. הֵמַסּוּ אֶת־לְבָבֵנוּ Dt 1:28 cause to melt (=intimidate).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָסַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4549/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 13:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.7/)

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עַל־כֵּ֖ן כָּל־יָדַ֣יִם תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה וְכָל־לְבַ֥ב אֱנ֖וֹשׁ יִמָּס׃

*Word for word:* therefore all hands they.will.drop and every heart of.a.person it.will.melt

*JPS 1917:* Therefore shall all hands be slack, and every heart of man shall melt.

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[Psalms 112:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.112.10/)

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רָ֘שָׁ֤ע יִרְאֶ֨ה ׀ וְכָעָ֗ס שִׁנָּ֣יו יַחֲרֹ֣ק וְנָמָ֑ס תַּאֲוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* a.wicked.\[person\] he.will.see and he.will.be.angry teeth his he.will.gnash and he.will.melt.away \[the\].desire of.wicked.\[people\] it.will.perish

*JPS 1917:* The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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