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title: מָשׂוֹשׂ — exultation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָשׂוֹשׂ (4885), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: exultation. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָשׂוֹשׂ

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«מָשׂוֹשׂ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exultation** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 4885 · **BDB:** מָשׂוֹשׂ²

### Glosses

joy (4); the.joy (4); a.joy (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exultation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4885/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4885/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 24:8 id.;—abs. מ׳ Is 32:13 +, cstr. מְשׂוֹשׂ Jb 8:19 +; sf. מְשׂוֹשִׂי Je 49:25, מְשׂוֹשָׂהּ Ho 2:13;—exultation, in gen., La 5:15 (opp. אֵבֶל), Is 24:11; 66:10 (acc. cogn.); of bridegroom 62:5; מ׳ תֻּפִּים 24:8, מ׳ כִּנּוֹר v 8; בָּתֵּי מ׳ 32:13; of Jerus. (as causing joy) 60:15 ψ 48:3; La 2:15, cf. Je 49:25 (קִרְיַת מְשׂוֹשִׂי; ‖ תְּהִלָּה), Is 65:18 (‖ גִּילָה); מ׳ דַּרְכּוֹ (of godless man) Jb 8:19; מ׳ פְּרָאִים Is 32:14, i.e. desert.—מ׳ Is 8:6, si vera l., is cstr. before prep., but (מִפְּנֵי) מָסוֹס, Hi Gie Che Du Kit Marti al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָשׂוֹשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4885/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 49:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.25/)

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אֵ֥יךְ לֹֽא־עֻזְּבָ֖ה עִ֣יר תְּהִלָּ֑ת קִרְיַ֖ת מְשׂוֹשִֽׂי׃

*Word for word:* how! not it.has.been.forsaken a.city of.praise the.town my.joy my

*JPS 1917:* 'How is the city of praise left unrepaired, the city of my joy?'

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[Isaiah 24:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.8/)

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שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ תֻּפִּ֔ים חָדַ֖ל שְׁא֣וֹן עַלִּיזִ֑ים שָׁבַ֖ת מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ כִּנּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* it.has.ceased \[the\].joy of.tambourines it.has.stopped \[the\].uproar of.exultant.\[people\] it.has.ceased \[the\].joy of.\[the\].harp

*JPS 1917:* The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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