Lexical Definition

‎מָסַר‎ mâçar (maw-sar') to commit ^H:V
a primitive root

commit, deliver.

• to sunder, i.e. (transitively) set apart, or (reflex.) apostatize

1) to set apart, deliver up, offer
1a) (Qal) to set apart
1b) (Niphal) to be delivered over, be assigned to, be set apart

See Greek: ἀφίστημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָסַר‎] verb si vera lectio deliver up, offer (Late Hebrew ‎מָסַר‎; Aramaic deliver up, denounce, betray, ‎מְסַר‎; Hom^{ZMG xivi. 1892, 530} compare Sabean ‎מסר‎ take away); —

Qal Infinitive construct ‎׳‎‎לִמְסָרמַֿ֫עַל בי‎ Num 31:16 offer (commit) a trespass against ‎׳‎‎י‎, but read ‎לִמְעֹל‎, compare Thes Di (see Num 5:6; 2Chr 36:14). Niph`al Imperfect ‎וַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ‎ Num 31:5 delivered over to, assigned to (of warriors), read perhaps ‎וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ‎ (ᵐ5. ἐξηρίθμησαν) compare Thes.

‎מֹסֵרוֺת‎, ‎מָסֹ֫רֶת‎ see ‎אסר‎. [‎מֹסָר‎] see ‎מוּסָר‎ below ‎יסר‎.

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