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Judges 20:40

“But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַשְׂאֵתmasʼêth · mas-ayth'
H4864 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)
Derivation: from H5375 (נָשָׂא);
KJV renderings: burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
הַ — particle (definite article)
מַּשְׂאֵ֗ת — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Td/Ncfsa
Usage: Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 43:34 Genesis 43:34 Genesis 43:34 Judges 20:38 2 Samuel 11:8

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 מַשְׂאֵת 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.