מַשָּׂא
maśśāʾ
load
Strong's H4853NounHebrewTWOT 1421e

מַשָּׂא (maśśāʾ) is a Hebrew noun meaning load. It appears 65 times in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4853).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1421e)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1421e)utterance, oracle; burden, tribute, porterage, doom, singing, desire; carry away, prophecy, song
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַשָּׂא noun, masculine: utterance, oracle

Strong's H4853 מַשָּׂא: a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
KJV:burden, carry away, prophecy, × they set, song, tribute.

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.

Root family 1421: מִתְנַשֵּׂא mitnaśśēʾ — lift, carry, take; lift up, Bear, take away; be lifted up, lift oneself up, rise up, be borne, carried, be taken away, carried off; bear continuously; cause one to bear, cause to bring, have brought; supreme exaltation…

See it in Scripture

Exodus 23:5Numbers 4:15Deuteronomy 1:12

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