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מָשָׁה mâshâh — to pull out (literally or figuratively)
pronounced maw-shaw' · Strong's H4871 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hiph'il, Qal (Pa'al)
Translated in the KJV as draw.
a primitive root; to pull out (literally or figuratively).
mâshâh in each stem
Hiph'il 2×
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
יַֽמְשֵׁ֖נִי2Sam 22:17Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; (KJV)
יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗נִיPs 18:17Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. (KJV)
Qal (Pa'al) 1×
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
מְשִׁיתִֽהוּExod 2:10Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. (KJV)
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 ›
In the app, tap any Hebrew verb while reading: its root, stem and form are named, the letters of the word itself are coloured to show which is which, and the stem's meaning is put in plain English. mâshâh in the lexicon ›
Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.
