BDB4889 [H4959]

[מָשַׁשׁ] verb feel, grope (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el; Arabic feel; Ethiopic Di¹⁶⁶; Aramaic , מְשַׁשׁ Pa`el, Palpel — see also ימשׁ, II. מושׁ); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יְמֻשֵּׁנִי Gen 27:12 perhaps my father will feel me; וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ vGen 27:22 and he felt of him (both J). Pi`el Perfect 2 masculine singular מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deut 28:29, וַיְמַשֵּׁשׁ Gen 31:34 3 masculine plural יִמַשְׁשׁוּ Job 5:4; Job 12:25 Participle מְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deut 28:29 — feel over or through, grope: —

1. לָבָּן אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאֹהֶל ׳וַיְמ Gen 31:24 and Laban felt through the whole tent (i.e. searched it); so (object כֵּלַי) vGen 31:37 thou hast felt through all my possessions (or baggage; both E).

2. grope, of blind Deut 28:29b (in simile), periphrase conjectural, וְהָיִיתָ מְמַשֵּׁשׁDeut 28:29 a and thou shalt become one that gropes at noonday (figurative of judicial blindness); compare Job 5:14; Job 12:25. Hiph`il Imperfect וְיָמֵשׁ חשֶׁךְ Exod 10:21 that one may feel (the) darkness; read also Imperative suffix הֲמִשֵׁנִי (for והימשׁני, see ימשׁ, p. 413 above) Judg 16:26 and let me touch the pillars (2 accusative)

מִשְׁתֶּה see שׁתה. מֵת see מות. p 559,1059

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