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Isaiah 13:1
“The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַשָּׂאmassâʼ · mas-saw'
H4853 · Hebrew
H4853 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
- Derivation
- from H5375 (נָשָׂא);
- KJV renderings
- burden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute.
- Grammar
- מַשָּׂ֖א — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 65 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 23:5Numbers 4:15Numbers 4:19Numbers 4:24Numbers 4:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַשָּׂא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.