מְשִׁסָּה
mᵉshiççâh · mesh-is-saw'
plunder
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8155 (שָׁסַס);
plunder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: booty, spoil.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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 consume, to destroy › to support and uphold › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to support and uphold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְשִׁסָּה 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for a spoil2 · 33%
- and a spoil1 · 17%
- thee shall be a spoil1 · 17%
- thee, and thou shalt be for booties1 · 17%
- shall become a booty1 · 17%
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.