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# מַשְׂאֵת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4864

**uprising** — used 15 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

uprising [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4864/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַשְׂאֵת: n.f. uprising, utterance, burden, portion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4864/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on format. cf. Ol§ 109 a Sta§ 272 b Köii. 1, 183; Ph. (Pun) has משאת = payment, tax v. Lzb 326);—abs. מ׳ Ju 20:40 +; cstr. מַשְׂאַת Gn 43:34 +; pl. abs. מַשְׂאֹת Gn 43:34, + (prob.) מַשְׂאוֹת La 2:14 (v. infr.); cstr. מַשְׂאֹת Gn 43:34;— that which rises, uprising, uplifting: מ׳ הֶעָשָׁן Ju 20:38 uprising of smoke, cf. (הֶע׳ om.) v 40. in gen. = signal Je 6:1 (= נֵס Gf). uplifting of hands (כַּפַּי) in prayer ψ 141:2 (‖ תְּפִלָּה). utterance, oracle (= iii. מַשָּׂא), La 2:14 (Bu Löhr). burden Zp 3:18 (of reproach, fig.). portion (carried to some one), especially from table of king or superior, Gn 43:34(×3) (J; on custom v. Di and reff.), 2 S 11:8; so read perhaps also 2 S 19:43 (for MT נִשֵּׂאת) Gr HPS. perhaps also more gen., present, largess from a superior Je 40:5 (+ אֲרֻחָה food-allowance), Est 2:18 (כְּיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ). exacted or enforced gift, from inferior, מ׳ בַּר Am 5:11 (cf. Ph. supr.; v. also מנחה). sacred contribution, tax מ׳ מֹשֶׁה (י׳) עֶבֶד 2 Ch 24:6, 9. offering to י׳ Ez 20:40.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the tax (2); tribute (2); a present (1).

## In the verses

[Zephaniah 3:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.18/#tree)

נוּגֵ֧י מִמּוֹעֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣ךְ הָי֑וּ מַשְׂאֵ֥ת עָלֶ֖יהָ חֶרְפָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[those.who.are\].grieved from an.appointed.feast I.will.gather from you they.were tribute on it reproach

*JPS 1917:* I will gather them that are far from the appointed season, who are of thee, that hast borne the burden of reproach.

[Psalms 141:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.2/#tree)

תִּכּ֤וֹן תְּפִלָּתִ֣י קְטֹ֣רֶת לְפָנֶ֑יךָ מַֽשְׂאַ֥ת כַּ֝פַּ֗י מִנְחַת־עָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be.established prayer my incense before you the.raising my.palms my an.offering of.evening

*JPS 1917:* Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4864.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4864/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).