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מָסַךְ mâçak — to mix, especially wine (with spices)

pronounced maw-sak' · Strong's H4537 · 5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as mingle.

a primitive root; to mix, especially wine (with spices).

mâçak in each stem

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 4Infinitive construct 1

מָסָֽכְתִּי Ps 102:10 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. (KJV)

מָסְכָ֣ה Prov 9:2 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. (KJV)

מָסָֽכְתִּי Prov 9:5 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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