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title: מְשִׁסָּה — booty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְשִׁסָּה (4933), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: booty. BDB 1906: n.f. booty, plunder Pōʿ. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְשִׁסָּה

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«מְשִׁסָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **booty** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4933 · **BDB:** מְשִׁסָּה²

### Glosses

plunder (5); plunder(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

booty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4933/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. booty, plunder Pōʿ. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4933/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. booty, plunder;—abs. מ׳ 2 K 21:14 +, so Is 42:24 Qr (מְשִׁסָּה Gi, מְשִׁיסָּה Baer; Kt משוסה, usually read מְשׁוּסָּה, מְשׁוֹסֶה, v. שׁסה Pōʿ.); pl. abs. מְשִׁסּוֹת Hb 2:7;—plunder, spoil, prey, usually הָיָה לִמ׳ (and ‖ בַּז) 2 K 21:14; Je 30:16; Jb 2:7; Zp 1:13 (‖ שְׁמָמָה), cf. Is 42:22 (v 24 see above).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 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 «מְשִׁסָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4933/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.7/)

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הֲל֣וֹא פֶ֗תַע יָק֙וּמוּ֙ נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָ וְיִקְצ֖וּ מְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* ? not suddenness will.they.arise \[those who\].pay.interest.to.you and will.they.awake? \[those who.will\].make.you.tremble and you.will.become (into) plunder(s) for them

*JPS 1917:* Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

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[2 Kings 21:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.14/)

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וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗י אֵ֚ת שְׁאֵרִ֣ית נַחֲלָתִ֔י וּנְתַתִּ֖ים בְּיַ֣ד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָי֥וּ לְבַ֛ז וְלִמְשִׁסָּ֖ה לְכָל־אֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.abandon (et) the.remnant my.inheritance my and I will.give.them in the.hand their.enemies their and they.will.become (into) spoil and (into) plunder to all enemies their

*JPS 1917:* And I will cast off the remnant of Mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

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