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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מָסַס

מָסַס

H4549

Transliteration: mâçaç

Pronunciation: maw-sas'

Definition: discourage


Original: מסס

Transliteration: mâsas

Phonetic: maw-sas'

BDB Definition:

  1. to dissolve, melt
    1. (Qal) to waste away
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to melt, vanish, drop off, melt away
      2. to faint, grow fearful (figuratively)
      3. wasted, worthless (participle)
    3. (Hiphil) to cause to melt

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1223

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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