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title: מַשָּׂא — utterance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשָּׂא (lemma:מַשָּׂא), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: utterance. BDB 1906: n.m. utterance, oracle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשָּׂא

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«מַשָּׂא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **utterance** — 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:** lemma:מַשָּׂא · **BDB:** מַשָּׂא⁴

### Glosses

the.oracle (12); oracle (5); \[the\].oracle (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e9_5b8_5bc_5c2_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. utterance, oracle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e9_5b8_5bc_5c2_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 14:28 utterance, oracle (cf. נשׂא 1 b (6); Gf Je 23:33);—מ׳ abs. Is 14:28 +; usually cstr. 13:1 +;—of prophetic utterance: 2 K 9:25 Is 14:28 Ez 12:10 2 Ch 24:27 (c. עַל); מ׳ בָבֶל Is 13:1, מ׳ מוֹאָב 15:1, cf. 17:1; 19:1; 21:1, 11; 22:1; 23:1; 30:6 Na 1:1; מ׳ בערב Is 21:13 is later ins. (Di); מ׳ = revelation, הַמּ׳ אֲשֶׁר חָזָה חֲבַקּוּק הַנָּבִיא Hb 1:1; מ׳ י׳ utterance of י׳ Je 23:33, 34, 36, 38(×3) (cf. 2 K 9:25), vid. also v 33b (read אַתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא), with word-play,—sq. וְנָטַשְׁתִּי, v 36b; מ׳ דְבַר י׳ Zc 9:1 (+ בארץ), 12:1 (+ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל), Mal 1:1 (+ אֶל־יִשׂ׳).—Pr 31:1 v. i. מַשָּׂא, p. 601 supr.; in 30:1 read מִמַּשָּׂא from Massa (Mühlau, De), or הַמַּשָּׂאִי (Wild), which however is perhaps not original, but borrowed from 31:1 (cf. Wildad loc. FrankenbergSpr. p. 5; corrupt name of Agur’s home or tribe, Kau).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשָּׂא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e9_5b8_5bc_5c2_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 13:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.1/)

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מַשָּׂ֖א בָּבֶ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אָמֽוֹץ׃

*Word for word:* the.oracle of.Babylon which he.saw Isaiah the.son of.Amoz

*JPS 1917:* The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

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[Nahum 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.1.1/)

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מַשָּׂ֖א נִֽינְוֵ֑ה סֵ֧פֶר חֲז֛וֹן נַח֖וּם הָאֶלְקֹשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* the.oracle of.Nineveh the.document of.the.vision of.Nahum the Elkoshite

*JPS 1917:* THE BURDEN of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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