מַשָּׂ֑א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַשָּׂ֑א

   ma-SA

   a levy or tribute-load
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְכֶ֣סֶף מַשָּׂ֑א

   ve-KHE-sef ma-SA

   and silver a levy or tribute-load
3. clause🔊 וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים מְבִיאִ֧ים לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט מִנְחָ֖ה וְכֶ֣סֶף מַשָּׂ֑א

   u-min-pe-LISH-tim me-vi-IM li-ye-ho-sha-FAT min-KHA ve-KHE-sef ma-SA

   and from the Philistines bringing to Jehoshaphat a gift offering and silver a levy or tribute-load
4. sentence🔊 וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים מְבִיאִ֧ים לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט מִנְחָ֖ה וְכֶ֣סֶף מַשָּׂ֑א גַּ֣ם הָֽעַרְבִיאִ֗ים מְבִיאִ֥ים לוֹ֙ צֹ֕אן אֵילִ֔ים שִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ וּשְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּתְיָשִׁ֕ים שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃

   u-min-pe-LISH-tim me-vi-IM li-ye-ho-sha-FAT min-KHA ve-KHE-sef ma-SA GAM ha-ar-vi-IM me-vi-IM LO TSON e-LIM shiv-AT a-la-FIM u-she-VA me-OT u-te-ya-SHIM shiv-AT a-la-FIM u-she-VA me-OT

   and from the Philistines bringing to Jehoshaphat a gift offering and silver a levy or tribute-load also the Arabians bringing to him flock animals rams seven {construct of} thousands and seven hundreds and male goats seven {construct of} thousands and seven hundreds

Exegesis

The nouns minchah {מִנְחָה | min-ḥāh} ‘tribute’ and massa {מַשָּׂא | mas-sāʾ} ‘burden’ frame these gifts within a diplomatic context.

Root and etymology

n-ś-ʿ🔊 נ־שׂ־אnun–shin–aleph

“burden, load”

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