BDB5394 [H4864]

מַשְׂאֵת noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation compare Ol^{§ 109 a} Sta^{§ 272 b} Kö^{ii. 1, 183}; Phoenician (Pun) has משאת = payment, tax see Lzb³²⁶); — absolute ׳מ Judg 20:40 +; construct מַשְׂאַת Gen 43:34 +; plural absolute מַשְׂאֹת Gen 43:34, + (probably) מַשְׂאוֺת Lam 2:14 (see below); construct מַשְׂאֹת Gen 43:34 —

1. that which rises, uprising, uplifting:
\ \ a. הֶעָשָׁן ׳מ Judg 20:38 uprising of smoke, compare (׳הֶע omitted) vJudg 20:40.
\ \ b. in general = signal Jer 6:1 (= נֵס Gf.).
\ \ c. uplifting of hands (כַּפַּי) in prayer Ps 141:2 (|| תְּפִלָּה).

2. utterance, oracle (= III. מַשָּׂא), Lam 2:14 (Bu Löhr).

3. burden Zeph 3:18 (of reproach, figurative).

4. a. portion (carried to some one), especially from table of king or superior, Gen 43:34 (3 t. in verse) (J; on custom see Di and references), 2Sam 11:8 so read perhaps also 2Sam 19:43 (for ᵑ0 נִשֵּׂאת) Gr HPS.
\ \ b. perhaps also more generally, present, largess from a superior Jer 40:5 ( + אֲרֻחָה food-allowance), Esth 2:18 (כְּיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ).
\ \ c. exacted or enforced gift, from inferior, בַּר ׳מ Amos 5:11 (compare Phoenician above; see also מנחה).
\ \ d. sacred contribution, tax משֶׁה ׳מ (׳י) עֶבֶד 2Chr 24:6; 2Chr 24:9.
\ \ e. offering to ׳י Ezek 20:40.

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