Lexical Definition

‎מַשְׂאֵת‎ masʼêth (mas-ayth') tribute ^H:N-F
from ‎נָשָׂא‎

burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.

• properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame)
• figuratively, an utterance
• concretely, a beacon (as raised)
• a present (as taken), mess, or tribute
• figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)

1) uprising, utterance, burden, portion, uplifting
1a) that which rises, uprising, uplifting, signal, rising
1b) utterance, oracle
1c) burden
1d) portion, present, largesse, gift, contribution, offering, tribute

See Greek: δῶρον · μερίς · πύργος · σημεῖον · σύσσημον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַשְׂאֵת‎ noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation compare Ol^{§ 109 a} Sta^{§ 272 b} Kö^{ii. 1, 183}; Phoenician (Pun) has ‎משאת‎ = payment, tax see Lzb³²⁶); — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Judg 20:40 +; construct ‎מַשְׂאַת‎ Gen 43:34 +; plural absolute ‎מַשְׂאֹת‎ Gen 43:34, + (probably) ‎מַשְׂאוֺת‎ Lam 2:14 (see below); construct ‎מַשְׂאֹת‎ Gen 43:34 —

1. that which rises, uprising, uplifting:
a. ‎הֶעָשָׁן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Judg 20:38 uprising of smoke, compare (‎׳‎‎הֶע‎ omitted) vJudg 20:40.
b. in general = signal Jer 6:1 (= ‎נֵס‎ Gf.).
c. uplifting of hands (‎כַּפַּי‎) in prayer Ps 141:2 (|| ‎תְּפִלָּה‎).

2. utterance, oracle (= III. ‎מַשָּׂא‎), Lam 2:14 (Bu Löhr).

3. burden Zeph 3:18 (of reproach, figurative).

4. a. portion (carried to some one), especially from table of king or superior, Gen 43:34 (3 t. in verse) (J; on custom see Di and references), 2Sam 11:8 so read perhaps also 2Sam 19:43* (for ᵑ0 ‎נִשֵּׂאת‎) Gr HPS.
b. perhaps also more generally, present, largess from a superior Jer 40:5 ( + ‎אֲרֻחָה‎ food-allowance), Esth 2:18 (‎כְּיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ‎).
c. exacted or enforced gift, from inferior, ‎בַּר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Amos 5:11 (compare Phoenician above; see also ‎מנחה‎).
d. sacred contribution, tax ‎משֶׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ (‎׳‎‎י‎) ‎עֶבֶד‎ 2Chr 24:6; 2Chr 24:9.
e. offering to ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ezek 20:40.

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