מַס (mas) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning body of forced labourers. It appears
23 times
in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4522).
Also rendered
taskworker
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1218)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1218)body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band, gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom; burden; discomfited, levy, task, taskmaster, tribute, tributary
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַסnoun, masculine: body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band, gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom
usually collective body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band or gang, also (late) forced service, task-work, serfdom
Strong's H4522מַס: properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor KJV:discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.