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H4853 · מַשָּׂא

massâʼ

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire

KJV gloss list in the source

burden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute.

Source pronunciation notation: mas-saw'

Derivation recorded by Strong

from H5375 (נָשָׂא);

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