BDB4889
[מָשַׁשׁ] verb feel, grope (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3113] feel; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3114] Di166; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3115], מְשַׁשׁ Pa`el, Palpel — see also ימשׁ , II. מושׁ); —
Qal
Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יְמֻשֵּׁנִי
Gen 27:12
perhaps my father will feel me; וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ Gen 27:22
and he felt of him (both
J
).
Pi`el
Perfect 2 masculine singular מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ; Imperfect 3 masculine
singular יְמַשֵּׁשׁ
Deut 28:29,
וַיְמַשֵּׁשׁ
Gen 31:34 3
masculine plural יִמַשְׁשׁוּ
Job 5:4; Job 12:25
Participle
מְמַשֵּׁשׁ
Deut 28:29
— feel over or through, grope: —
1.
לָבָּן אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאֹהֶל
׳
וַיְמ
Gen 31:24
and Laban felt through the whole tent (i.e. searched it); so (object כֵּלַי
) Gen
31:37
thou hast felt through all my possessions (or baggage; both
E
).
2.
grope, of blind Deut 28:29b (in simile), periphrase conjectural, וְהָיִיתָ
מְמַשֵּׁשׁ
Deut 28:29
a and thou shalt become one that gropes at noonday (figurative of judicial
blindness); compare
Job 5:14; Job 12:25.
Hiph`il
Imperfect
וְיָמֵשׁ חשֶׁךְ
Exod
10:21
that one may feel (the) darkness; read also
Imperative suffix הֲמִשֵׁנִי (for והימשׁני, see
ימשׁ
, p. 413 above) Judg 16:26
and let me touch the pillars (2 accusative)
מִשְׁתֶּה see שׁתה . מֵת see מות . p 559,1059