Lexical Definition

‎מָסַס‎ mâçaç (maw-sas') to melt ^H:V
a primitive root

discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly.

• to liquefy
• figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)

1) to dissolve, melt
1a) (Qal) to waste away
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to melt, vanish, drop off, melt away
1b2) to faint, grow fearful (fig.)
1b3) wasted, worthless (participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to melt

See Greek: ἀφίστημι · βρέχω · δειλιάω · διαλύω · ἐξίστημι · ἡττάω · θραύω · πτοέω · σαλεύω · τήκω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָסַס‎] verb dissolve, melt, intransitive (ᵑ7 ‎מְסַס‎; compare ‎מסה‎, and II. ‎מאס‎); —

Qal. Infinitive construct ‎מְסֹס נֹסֵס‎ Isa 10:18 like the melting (wasting away) of a ‎נֹסֵס‎ (q. v.) Niph`al Perfect ‎וְנָמֵס‎ consecutive Ezek 21:12* ‎וְנָמָ֑ס‎ Exod 16:21; Ps 112:10 ‎נָמַ֫סּוּ‎ Ps 97:5 + 2 t; Imperfect ‎יִמַּס‎ Deut 20:8 +; ‎וַיִּמַּסּוּ‎ Judg 15:14 Infinitive absolute ‎הִמֵּס‎ 2Sam 17:10 construct id. Ps 68:3* Participle ‎נָמֵס‎ Ps 22:15* + 2 t.; —

1. melt (intransitive) of manna Exod 16:21 wax Ps 68:3* (simile of wicked); manacles Judg 15:14 (= vanished, dropped off); wicked Ps 112:10 (melt away); especially of hills and mountains Mic 1:4; Ps 97:5; Isa 34:3.

2. most often figurative of heart = faint, grow fearful, Nah 2:11*; 2Sam 17:10 (twice in verse) (compare Dr), Deut 20:8; Josh 2:11; Josh 5:1; Josh 7:5; Isa 13:7; Isa 19:1; Ezek 21:12*; Ps 22:15*.

3. Participle = wasted, consumptive (?), 1Sam 15:9 (|| ‎נְמִבְזָה‎, read ‎נִבְזָה‎ see ‎בזה‎ Niph`al) < read ‎נִמְאֶסֶת‎ worthless, literally rejected (see ‎מאס‎ Niph`al) Hiph`il Perfect 3 plural ‎הֵמַסּוּ אֶתלְֿבָבֵנוּ‎ Deut 1:28 cause to melt ( = intimidate).

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