מָצָה
mâtsâh · maw-tsaw'
to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out
- to suck out
- by implication, to drain, to squeeze out
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: suck, wring (out).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָצָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thereof shall be wrung out1 · 14%
- shall be wrung out1 · 14%
- and wringed1 · 14%
- cup are wrung out1 · 14%
- shall wring them out1 · 14%
- and wrung them out1 · 14%
- it and suck it out1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.