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title: מָשָׁה — draw · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָשָׁה (4871), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: draw. BDB 1906: vb. draw Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָשָׁה

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«מָשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **draw** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4871 · **BDB:** מָשָׁה

### Glosses

he (2); I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

draw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4871/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. draw Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4871/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. draw (Arabic مَسَى cleanse uterus of camel, Aramaic ܡܫܳܐ clean, stroke, the face, etc.; מְשָׁא (Talm.) wash the hands; Zinj. \[י\]משׁי perhaps wash oneself, DHMSendsch. 60);— Pf. sf. מִן־הַמַּיִם מְשִׁיתִהוּ Ex 2:10 out of the water I drew him (used to explain מֹשֶׁה, but v. this infr.) Impf. sf. = Qal, fig. יַמְשֵׁנִי מִמַּיִם רַבִּים 2 S 22:17 = ψ 18:17 (subj. י׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4871/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.17/)

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יִשְׁלַ֥ח מִמָּר֖וֹם יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽמְשֵׁ֖נִי מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* he.stretched.out from a.high.place he took.hold.of.me he drew.me from waters many

*JPS 1917:* He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;

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[Psalms 18:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.17/)

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יִשְׁלַ֣ח מִ֭מָּרוֹם יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗נִי מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* he.stretched.out from a.high.place he took.hold.of.me he drew.me from waters many

*JPS 1917:* He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

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