Lexical Definition

‎מָשַׁךְ‎ mâshak (maw-shak') to draw ^H:V
a primitive root

draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, [idiom] give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, [idiom] sow, scatter, stretch out.

• to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)

1) to draw, drag, seize
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down
1a2) to draw (the bow)
1a3) to proceed, march
1a4) to draw out or give (a sound)
1a5) to draw out, prolong, continue
1a6) to trail (seed in sowing)
1a7) to cheer, draw, attract, gratify
1b) (Niphal) to be drawn out
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred
1c2) to be tall

See Greek: ἄγω · ἀπάγω · ἀπέρχομαι · ἐκτείνω · ἐκχέω · ἑλκύω · ἐνισχύω · ἐξέλκω · ἐπάγω · ἐπισπάομαι · θλίβω · καταστρέφω · μηκύνω · παρατείνω · χρονίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָשַׁךְ‎ verb draw, drag (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎מְשַׁח‎ (rare) be extended, also conduct, take, Syriac is be dry, shrivelled (of fruit., etc.); Ethiopic bend (the bow); Arabic grasp and hold I. Frey; IV. Frey Lane; compare also Assyrian mašku, skin (perhaps also march Dl^{HWB 431}), Arabic id., Aramaic , ‎מַשְׁכָּא‎ id.); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Kgs 22:34 + 2 t., ‎וּמָשַׁךְ‎ consecutive Job 24:22 3 feminine singular ‎מָֽשְׁכָה‎ Deut 21:3, etc.; Imperfect ‎יִמְשׁוֺךְ‎ Job 21:33 ‎וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ‎ Judg 20:37 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תִּמְשְׁכֵנִי‎ Ps 28:3 1 singular suffix ‎אֶמְשְׁכֵם‎ Hos 11:4, etc.; Imperative ‎מְשֹׁךְ‎ Ps 36:11*, suffix ‎מָשְׁכֵנִי‎ Song 1:4 masculine plural ‎מִשְׁכוּ‎ Exod 12:21, ‎מָשְׁכוּ‎ Ezek 32:20 Infinitive construct ‎מְשֹׁךְ‎ Exod 19:13; Josh 6:5, ‎לִמְשׁוֺךְ‎ Eccl 2:3 Participle ‎משֵׁךְ‎ Amos 9:13; Ps 109:12 plural ‎משְׁכִים‎ Judg 5:14 construct ‎משְׁכֵי‎ Isa 5:18; Isa 66:19 —

1. draw and lift out of (‎מִן‎), with accusative of person, ‎וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ וַיַּעֲלוּ אֶתיֿוֺסֵף מִן הַבּוֺר‎ Gen 37:28 (E), so Jeremiah (+ ‎בַּחֲבָלִים‎, ‎ב‎ instrumental) Jer 38:13 compare ‎תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה‎ Job 40:25* draw, drag along ‎משְׁכֵי עָוֺן בְּחַבְלֵי הֵשָּׁוְא‎ Isa 5:18 (figurative); ‎בְּמָשְׁכוֺ‎ ‎בְּרִשְׁתּוֺ‎ Ps 10:9 (figurative of wicked catching and dragging the poor); draw, lead along (with hostile purpose) with accusative of person Judg 4:7 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎; + ‎אֶלֿ‎ person and thing); lead or drag off (to doom, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) Ps 28:3 (compare Ps 26:9); similarly, or = draw down to death, ‎׳‎‎מָשְׁכוּ אוֺתָהּ וגו‎ Ezek 32:20 (si vera lectio; reference to fall of Egypt), but read perhaps a form of ‎שׁכב‎ for ‎משׁכו‎, ᵐ5 Co Berthol, compare Sm.; absolute, subject heifer, ‎מָֽשְׁכָה בְּעוֺל‎ Deut 21:3 (‎ב‎ instrumental); draw, lead (in love), (figurative, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) ‎בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם אֶמְשְׁכֵם‎ Hos 11:4, compare Jer 31:3 (al. as 5 below)

2. draw the bow, ‎בַּקֶּשֶׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Kgs 22:34 = 2Chr 18:33, but ‎׳‎‎משְׁכֵי ק‎ Isa 66:19 (where text dubious, ᵐ5 Μοσοχ καὶ εἰς(θΩβελ), so Lo Sta^{Javan 8} Du Che^Hpt, — not Gr Che^Comm Di).

3. proceed, march (compare German ziehen) ‎וּמָשַׁכְתָָּ֫‎ ‎בְּהַר תָּבוֺר‎ Judg 4:6 compare Judg 20:37 (absolute), Job 21:33 (‎אַחֲרָיו‎); so also (perhaps) Exod 12:21 proceed (i.e. forthwith), and take you a sheep; and probably ‎משְׁכִים בְּשֵׁבֶט‎ Judg 5:14 those marching with the staff, etc. (most under

2. drawing with, i.e. wielding).

4. draw out a sound, give a sound, ‎בִּמְשֹׁךְ הַיֹּבֵל‎ Exod 19:13 (E) when the ram ('s horn) sounds, ‎בְּקֶרֶן‎ ‎׳‎‎הַיֹּבֵל בִּמ‎ Josh 6:5 (JE).

5. draw out, prolong, continue, ‎מְשֹׁח חַסְדְּךָ לְֹידְעֶיךָ‎ Ps 36:10* prolong, continue thy kindness to them that know thee; ‎אַליְֿהִי לוֺ משֵׁךְ חֶסֶד‎ Ps 109:12 (so possibly ‎מְשַׁכְתִּיךָ חָ֑סֶד‎ Jer 31:3 I have prolonged kindness to thee, compare Ryle Neh 9:30 and elsewhere as 1 above); compare ‎עֲלֶיהֶם שָׁנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎וַתִּמ‎ ‎רַבּוֺת‎ Neh 9:30 (‎חֶסֶד‎ omitted); ‎אַפְּךָ לְדֹר וָדֹר‎ ‎׳‎‎תִּמ‎ Neh 85:6 (|| ‎הַלְעוֺלָם תֶּאֱנַף בָּנוּ‎); ‎אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎וּמ‎ Job 24:22 i.e. he (God) prolongeth the life of the mighty (Du draggeth them off, as Ps 28:3 1 above, — reading also ‎אֹבְּדִים‎ for ‎׳‎‎אַבּ‎ with ᵐ5 Bi); compare

Niph`al 6. trail seed (draw along in sowing) Amos 9:13 (opposed to ‎דָֹּרֵךְ עֲנָבִים‎; compare ‎מֶשֶׁךְ‎ below)

7. (late) cheer (draw, attract, gratify) ‎בַּיַּיִן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎אֶתבְּֿשָׂרִי‎ Eccl 2:3, — so De (who cites Late Hebrew, Chag^{14 a}) Now Wild. — ‎מָשַׁךְ יָדוֺ אֶתלֹּֿצֲצִים‎ Hos 7:5 is difficult, ᵐ5 AV RV he stretcheth out his hand with, maketh common cause with, is hardly possibly, text probably corrupt We Now. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎לֹא יִמָּשֵׁ֑כוּ‎ Isa 13:22 they shall not be prolonged (days of Babylon); 3 feminine singular ‎לֹא תִּמָּשֵׁךְ‎ Ezek 12:25; Ezek 12:28 it shall not be postponed. Pu`al Participle long drawn out: ‎מְמֻשָּׁךְ‎ Isa 18:2; Isa 18:7 of persons, = tall; ‎תֹּחֶלֶת מְמֻשָּׁכָה‎ Prov 13:12 hope postponed, deferred.

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