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Strong's #4529 - מָסָה
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- to melt, dissolve, be liquefied
- (Hiphil)
- to melt, cause to dissolve, consume, cause to vanish
- to intimidate (fig)
- (Hiphil)
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1291) xm (מס MS) AC: Melt CO: ? AB: Affliction: The dissolving or melting away of something.
A) xm (מס MS) AC: Dissolve CO: ? AB: Affliction: A wasting or fainting away due to an outside force.
Nm) xm (מס MS) - I. Afflicted: II. Task work:A group of workers under forced labor. KJV (24): afflict, tribute, tributary, levy, discomfit, taskmaster - Strongs: H4522 (מִס), H4523 (מַס)
Nf1) exm (מסה MSH) - Tribute: An offering. KJV (1): tribute - Strongs: H4530 (מִסָּה)
im) xmt (תמס TMS) - Melt: KJV (1): melt - Strongs: H8557 (תֶּמֶס)
B) xxm (מסס MSS) AC: Melt CO: ? AB: ?
V) xxm (מסס MSS) - Melt: A melting of something from heat. Also the melting of the heart through fear or discouragement. KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Participle) melt, faint, discouraged, loose, molten, refuse - Strongs: H4549 (מָסַס)
D) xam (מאס MAS) AC: Dissolve CO: ? AB: ?
V) xam (מאס MAS) - Dissolve: To make something dissolve away. Also to dissolve something through refusal. KJV (76): (vf: Paal, Niphal) despise, refuse, reject, abhor, - Strongs: H3988 (מָאַס)
cm) xfam (מאוס MAWS) - Dissolve: Something that is dissolved through refusal. KJV (1): refuse - Strongs: H3973 (מָאוֹס)
F) xme (המס HMS) AC: Melt CO: ? AB: ?
Nm ) xme (המס HMS) - Melt: KJV (1): melting - Strongs: H2003 (הֲמָסִים)
H) exm (מסה MSH) AC: Melt CO: ? AB: ?
V) exm (מסה MSH) - Melt: KJV (4): (vf: Hiphil) melt, consume, water - Strongs: H4529 (מָסָה)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
liquefy; Aramaic מְסָא melt away, 
dissolve, decay, coagulate; Assyrian masû is wash; see also מסס); — only Hiph`il Perfect 3 plural הִמְסִיו Joshua 14:8 (on form see Ges§ 75 R.17). Imperfect sf . יַּעמסֵם Psalm 147:18; 2 masculine singular וַתֶּ֫מֶס Psalm 39:12; אַמְסֶה Psalm 6:7; — cause to dissolve, melt, ice Psalm 147:18; hyperb. בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׁי אַמְּסֶה Psalm 6:7 with my tears I cause my bed to dissolve; וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֺ Psalm 39:12 = consume, cause to vanish; figurative followed by לֵב = intimidate Joshua 14:8.
I. [מַסָּה] see מסס. II, III. מַסָּה see נסה.
[מִסָּה] see מִסַּת. מַסְוֶה see סוה
מְסוּכָה = מְשׂוּכָה see II. סוך (שׂוך).
מָסָה i.q. מָסַס and מָאַס No. II., to melt, to flow down. (Chald. מְסָא, Syriac ܡܣܐܳ to be decayed, to putrify; Eth. መሰወ፡ to melt.)
Hiphil, to melt, to dissolve. Psalms 6:7, בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶה “I dissolve (as it were) my couch with tears.” Psalms 147:18 fut. apoc. וַתֶּמֶס Psalms 39:12 trop. to melt the heart, i.e. to terrify; plur. הִמְסִיו in the Chald. form for הִמְסוּ Joshua 14:8.
