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Psalms 58:8
“As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָאַסmâʼaç · maw-as'
H3988 · Hebrew
H3988 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.
- Grammar
- יִמָּאֲס֣וּ — verb Niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 76 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 26:15Leviticus 26:43Leviticus 26:44Numbers 11:20Numbers 14:31
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 מָאַס 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.