Lexicon matsah: to drain, drain out Original Word: מָצָהPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: matsah Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tsaw') Short Definition: drained NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto drain, drain out NASB Translationdrain (2), drained (4), drunk (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ 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, וַיִמֶץ טַל מִןהַֿנִּזָּה 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 Leviticus 5:9 (both P); מֵי מָלֵא יִמָּצוּ לָמוֺ 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.
Strong's suck, wring out A primitive root; to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out -- suck, wring (out). |
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