Lexicon / H4531a
מַסָּה
mas.sah
  • despair
  • melting
  • failing

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: despair

despair

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: despair; melting; failing

Root √מסס: מָסַס vb dissolve melt Qal Inf. cstr like the melting . Niph melt (intr.) faint grow fearful most oft. fig. of heart =, Pt wasted consumptive . =,(?) . Hiph Pf cause to melt .(= intimidate) . intr.

מַסָּה n.f despair melting failing Jb 9:23 .(lit. );—only