Lexicon :: Strong's H4959 - māšaš

מָשַׁשׁ

Transliteration

māšaš

Pronunciation

maw-shash'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1262

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מָשַׁשׁ mâshash, maw-shash'; a primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope:—feel, grope, search.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H4959 in the following manner: grope (4x), feel (3x), search (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H4959 in the following manner: grope (4x), feel (3x), search (2x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to feel, grope
1. (Qal) to feel, grope
2. (Piel) to feel over or through, grope
  1. to feel through
  2. to grope
3. (Hiphil) to feel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

מָשַׁשׁ mâshash, maw-shash'; a primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope:—feel, grope, search.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H4959: Abbreviations

† [מָשַׁשׁ] verb feel, grope (Late Hebrew id. Pi.; Arabic feel; Ethiopic Di¹⁶⁶; Aramaic , מְשַׁשׁ Pa., Palp. — see also ימשׁ, II. מושׁ); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְמֻשֵּׁנִי Genesis 27:12 perhaps my father will feel me; וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ Genesis 27:22 and he felt of him (both J).
Pi. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deuteronomy 28:29, וַיְמַשֵּׁשׁ Genesis 31:34; 3rd person masculine plural יִמַשְׁשׁוּ Job 5:4; Job 12:25; Participle מְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deuteronomy 28:29; — feel over or through, grope: —

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

2. grope, of blind Deuteronomy 28:29b (in simile), periphrase conjectural, וְהָיִיתָ מְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deuteronomy 28:29a and thou shalt become one that gropes at noonday (figurative of judicial blindness); compare Job 5:14; Job 12:25.

Hiph. Imperfect וְיָמֵשׁ חשֶׁךְ Exodus 10:21 that one may feel (the) darkness; read also Imperative suffix הֲמִשֵׁנִי (for והימשׁני, see ימשׁ) Judges 16:26 and let me touch the pillars (2 accusative)

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:12; 27:22; 31:24; 31:34; 31:37

Exodus

10:21

Deuteronomy

28:29; 28:29; 28:29; 28:29

Judges

16:26

Job

5:4; 5:14; 12:25; 12:25

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H4959 matches the Hebrew מָשַׁשׁ (māšaš),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 27:12

Gen 27:12 - My father^H1 peradventure will feel^H4959 me, and I shall seem^H5869 to him as a deceiver;^H8591 and I shall bring^H935 a curse^H7045 upon me, and not a blessing.^H1293

Gen 27:22

Gen 27:22 - And Jacob^H3290 went near^H5066 unto Isaac^H3327 his father;^H1 and he felt^H4959 him, and said,^H559 The voice^H6963 is Jacob's^H3290 voice,^H6963 but the hands^H3027 are the hands^H3027 of Esau.^H6215

Gen 31:34

Gen 31:34 - Now Rachel^H7354 had taken^H3947 the images,^H8655 and put^H7760 them in the camel's^H1581 furniture,^H3733 and sat^H3427 upon them. And Laban^H3837 searched^H4959 all the tent,^H168 but found^H4672 them not.

Gen 31:37

Gen 31:37 - Whereas^H3588 thou hast searched^H4959 all my stuff,^H3627 what hast thou found^H4672 of all thy household^H1004 stuff?^H3627 set^H7760 it here^H3541 before my brethren^H251 and thy brethren,^H251 that they may judge^H3198 betwixt^H996 us both.^H8147

Exo 10:21

Exo 10:21 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses,^H4872 Stretch out^H5186 thine hand^H3027 toward heaven,^H8064 that there may be darkness^H2822 over the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 even darkness^H2822 which may be felt.^H4959

Deu 28:29

Deu 28:29 - And thou shalt grope^H4959 at noonday,^H6672 as the blind^H5787 gropeth^H4959 in darkness,^H653 and thou shalt not prosper^H6743 in thy ways:^H1870 and thou shalt be only oppressed^H6231 and spoiled^H1497 evermore,^H3117 and no man shall save^H3467 thee.

Job 5:14

Job 5:14 - They meet^H6298 with darkness^H2822 in the daytime,^H3119 and grope^H4959 in the noonday^H6672 as in the night.^H3915

Job 12:25

Job 12:25 - They grope^H4959 in the dark^H2822 without light,^H216 and he maketh them to stagger^H8582 like a drunken^H7910 man.

Lexicon :: Strong's H4959 - māšaš

מָשַׁשׁ

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