משא
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Hebrew
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| נ־שׂ־א (n-s-ʾ) |
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]מַשָּׂא • (masá) m (plural indefinite מַשָּׂאוֹת, plural construct מַשְׂאוֹת־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]
- a burden
- Tanach, Jeremiah 17:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְלֹא-תוֹצִיאוּ מַשָּׂא מִבָּתֵּיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת וְכָל-מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם אֶת-יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי אֶת-אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם
- neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work; but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers
Derived terms
[edit]- מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן (masá umatán)
- מַשָּׂאִית (masa'ít)
Descendants
[edit]- → Yiddish: משׂא (mase)