Strong's Lexicon

H4184

H4184 — מוּשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmuwshverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1168

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4184
Word:	מוּשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	muwsh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	moosh
Meaning:	1. to touch
KJV Renderings:	feel, handle.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4558

II. [מוּשׁ] verb feel (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2931], מוּשׁ id.; secondary form of משׁשׁ q. v.); —

Qal Imperfect 1 singular suffix וַאֲֻמשְׁךָ Gen 27:21 draw near that I may feel thee.

Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural וְלֹא יִמִישׁוּן יְדֵיהֶם Ps 115:7 as for their hands, they do not feel (of idols; || דַגְלֵיהֶם וְלֹא יְהַלּ֑בוּ ); Imperative suffix וַהֲמִישֵׁנִי Judg 16:26 Qr ( Kt והימשׁני, see ימשׁ ), but read וַהֲּמִשֵּׁנִי, see משׁשׁ .

מוֺשָׁב see ישׁב .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מוש (moosh)

Genesis 27:21

KJV: And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

EHCC: that I may feel thee,

Judges 16:26

KJV: And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

EHCC: Suffer me that I may feel

Psalms 115:7

KJV: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

EHCC: They have hands, but they handle not: