Lexical Definition

‎מָשַׁשׁ‎ mâshash (maw-shash') to feel ^H:V
a primitive root

feel, grope, search.

• to feel of
• by implication, to grope

1) to feel, grope
1a) (Qal) to feel, grope
1b) (Piel) to feel over or through, grope
1b1) to feel through
1b2) to grope
1c)(Hiphil) to feel

See Greek: ἐρευνάω · ψηλαφάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָשַׁשׁ‎] verb feel, grope (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el; Arabic feel; Ethiopic Di<sup>166</sup>; Aramaic , ‎מְשַׁשׁ‎ Pa`el, Palpel — see also ‎ימשׁ‎, II. ‎מושׁ‎); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יְמֻשֵּׁנִי‎ Gen 27:12 perhaps my father will feel me; ‎וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ‎ vGen 27:22 and he felt of him (both J). Pi`el Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ‎; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְמַשֵּׁשׁ‎ Deut 28:29, ‎וַיְמַשֵּׁשׁ‎ Gen 31:34 3 masculine plural ‎יִמַשְׁשׁוּ‎ Job 5:4; Job 12:25 Participle ‎מְמַשֵּׁשׁ‎ Deut 28:29 — feel over or through, grope: —

1. ‎לָבָּן אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאֹהֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיְמ‎ Gen 31:24 and Laban felt through the whole tent (i.e. searched it); so (object ‎כֵּלַי‎) vGen 31:37 thou hast felt through all my possessions (or baggage; both E).

2. grope, of blind Deut 28:29b (in simile), periphrase conjectural, ‎וְהָיִיתָ‎ ‎מְמַשֵּׁשׁ‎Deut 28:29 a and thou shalt become one that gropes at noonday (figurative of judicial blindness); compare Job 5:14; Job 12:25. Hiph`il Imperfect ‎וְיָמֵשׁ חשֶׁךְ‎ Exod 10:21 that one may feel (the) darkness; read also Imperative suffix ‎הֲמִשֵׁנִי‎ (for ‎והימשׁני‎, see ‎ימשׁ‎, p. 413 above) Judg 16:26 and let me touch the pillars (2 accusative)

‎מִשְׁתֶּה‎ see ‎שׁתה‎. ‎מֵת‎ see ‎מות‎. p 559,1059

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