Lexical Summary matsah: to drain, drain out Original Word: מָצָהTransliteration: matsah Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tsaw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to drain, drain out Meaning: to suck out, to drain, to squeeze out Strong's Concordance suck, wring out A primitive root; to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out -- suck, wring (out). Brown-Driver-Briggs H4680. matsah [מָצָה] verb drain, drain out (Late Hebrew id. press, or drain out; Aramaic , מְצָא id.; Arabic II. drain to the last drop (Dozy); compare מָצַץ); — Qal Perfect2feminine singular מָצִית Isaiah 51:17, וּמָצִית consecutive Ezekiel 23:34 Imperfect3masculine singular with apocope וַיִמֶץ Judges 6:38, 3masculine plural יִמְצוּ Psalm 75:9; — drain, drain out, מִןהַֿנִּזָּה טַל וַיִמֶץ Judges 6:38 and drained dew out of the fleece; so figurative, object קֻבַּעת bowl, goblet, of bewilderment from ׳י, Isaiah 51:17 ( + שׁתה; of personified Jerusalem), compare, object בּוֺס, Ezekiel 23:24 (+ שׁתה); object שְׁמָרֶיהָ the dregs of it (namely בּוֺס) Psalm 75:9 (subject the wicked). Niph`al Perfect וְנִמְצָה consecutive Leviticus 1:15 and the blood (of the bird) shall be drained out; so Imperfect יִמָּצֵה 5:9 (both P); לָמוֺ יִמָּצוּ מָלֵא מֵי Psalm 73:10 water of abundance is drained (i.e. drunk) by them (Gr Che Buhl read יִמְצוּ or יָמֹצוּ (מצץ) they drain). I. מַצָּה see מצץ. II. מַצָּה see נצה. |
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