Lexical Definition

‎מָצָה‎ mâtsâh (maw-tsaw') to drain ^H:V
a primitive root

suck, wring (out).

• to suck out
• by implication, to drain, to squeeze out

1) to drain, drain out
1a) (Qal) to drain, drain out
1b) (Niphal) to be drained out

See Greek: ἄζυμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָצָה‎] verb drain, drain out (Late Hebrew id. press, or drain out; Aramaic , ‎מְצָא‎ id.; Arabic II. drain to the last drop (Dozy); compare ‎מָצַץ‎); —

Qal Perfect 2 feminine singular ‎מָצִית‎ Isa 51:17, ‎וּמָצִית‎ consecutive Ezek 23:34 Imperfect 3 masculine singular with apocope ‎וַיִמֶץ‎ Judg 6:38, 3 masculine plural ‎יִמְצוּ‎ Ps 75:9* — drain, drain out, ‎וַיִמֶץ טַל מִןהַֿנִּזָּה‎ Judg 6:38 and drained dew out of the fleece; so figurative, object ‎קֻבַּעת‎ bowl, goblet, of bewilderment from ‎׳‎‎י‎, Isa 51:17 ( + ‎שׁתה‎; of personified Jerusalem), compare, object ‎בּוֺס‎, Ezek 23:24 (+ ‎שׁתה‎); object ‎שְׁמָרֶיהָ‎ the dregs of it (namely ‎בּוֺס‎) Ps 75:9* (subject the wicked). Niph`al Perfect ‎וְנִמְצָה‎ consecutive Lev 1:15 and the blood (of the bird) shall be drained out; so Imperfect ‎יִמָּצֵה‎ Lev 5:9 (both P); ‎מֵי מָלֵא יִמָּצוּ לָמוֺ‎ Ps 73:10 water of abundance is drained (i.e. drunk) by them (Gr Che Buhl read ‎יִמְצוּ‎ or ‎יָמֹצוּ‎ (‎מצץ‎) they drain).

I. ‎מַצָּה‎ see ‎מצץ‎. II. ‎מַצָּה‎ see ‎נצה‎.

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