Strong's Lexicon

H4871

H4871 — מָשָׁה

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

Hebrewmashahverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1253

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4871
Word:	מָשָׁה
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	mashah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-shaw'
Meaning:	1. to pull out (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings:	draw(out).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4858

[מָשָׁה] verb draw (Arabic [untranscribed source text 3097] cleanse uterus of camel, Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3098] clean, stroke, the face, etc.; מְשָׁא (Talmud) wash the hands; Zinjirli משׂי[י] perhaps wash oneself, DHM^{Sendsch. 60}); —

Qal Perfect suffix מִןהַֿמַּיִם מְשִׁיתִהוּ Exod 2:10 out of the water I drew him (used to explain משֶׁה, but see this below)

Hiph`il Imperfect suffix = Qal, figurative יַמְשֵׁנִי מִמַיִם רַבִּים 2Sam 22:17 = Ps 18:7 (subject ׳ י).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

משה (mah-shah’)

Exodus 2:10

KJV: And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.Moses: that is, Drawn out

EHCC: 7 drew him out of the water.

Psalms 18:16

KJV: He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.many: or, great

EHCC: {17).Ae drew me out of many waters.