BDB5394
מַשְׂאֵת noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation compare Ol§ 109 a Sta§ 272 b Köii. 1, 183; Phoenician (Pun) has משאת = payment, tax see Lzb326); — absolute ׳ מ Judg 20:40 +; construct מַשְׂאַת Gen 43:34 +; plural absolute מַשְׂאֹת Gen 43:34, + (probably) מַשְׂאוֺת Lam 2:14 (see below); construct מַשְׂאֹת Gen 43:34 —
1.
that which rises, uprising, uplifting:
a.
הֶעָשָׁן
׳
מ
Judg 20:38
uprising of smoke, compare (׳
הֶע omitted) Judg 20:40.
b. in general = signal Jer 6:1 (= נֵס
Gf.).
c.
uplifting of hands (כַּפַּי) in prayer Ps 141:2 (|| תְּפִלָּה
).
2.
utterance, oracle (= III. מַשָּׂא), Lam 2:14 (Bu
Löhr).
3.
burden
Zeph 3:18 (of
reproach, figurative).
4.
a.
portion (carried to some one), especially from table of king or superior, Gen 43:34
(3 t. in verse) (
J
; on custom see Di and references), 2Sam 11:8 so read perhaps
also 2Sam
19:43
(for
ᵑ0
נִשֵּׂאת) Gr
HPS.
b. perhaps also more generally,
present, largess from a superior Jer 40:5 ( + אֲרֻחָה
food-allowance), Esth 2:18 (כְּיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ).
c. exacted
or enforced gift, from inferior, בַּר
׳
מ
Amos 5:11
(compare Phoenician above; see also
מנחה
).
d. sacred contribution, tax
משֶׁה
׳
מ (׳
י) עֶבֶד
2Chr 24:6
;
2Chr 24:9
.
e.
offering to ׳
י
Ezek 20:40
.