מָסָה mâçâh — to dissolve
Translated in the KJV as make to consume away, melt, water.
a primitive root; to dissolve.
mâçâh in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Perfect (qatal) 1Wayyiqtol 1
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›