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Isaiah 30:6
“The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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.