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Isaiah 21:11

“The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַשָּׂאmassâʼ · mas-saw'
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
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 65 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 23:5 Numbers 4:15 Numbers 4:19 Numbers 4:24 Numbers 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.

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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.