Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H4197 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מֶזֶג |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to mingle (water with wine) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | mezeg |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | meh'-zeg |
| Meaning: | 1. wine that is significatlly mixed with water diluting it to perhaps 2%-4% alcohol content (or less) 2. tempered wine, very light wine 3. a diluted table wine used in the midday meal |
| KJV Renderings: | liquor. |
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[מֶ֫זֶג] noun masculine mixture, i.e. mixed wine (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic, and thence מִזְנָא, מְזִיגָא; [untranscribed source text 2939]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2940] water mixed with wine, mixture (Fräl.c.), compare [untranscribed source text 2941], [untranscribed source text 2942]); — אַליֶֿחְסַר הַמָּ֑זֶג Song 7:3 (Tosafoth here spiced wine: compare LevyNHWB iii. 61 ).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
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