מַשָּׂא

Strong’s Definition

a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire

Etymology & Derivation

from H5375 (נָשָׂא);

KJV Usage

burden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n m) load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting
• 2.load, burden
• 3.lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up
• 4.bearing, carrying
• 5.utterance, oracle, burden
• 6.(n pr m) a son of ishmael
• 7.tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: massâʼ; Pronunciation: mas-saw'