2 Chronicles 20:25:162 Chr.20.25.W16TAB

מַשָּׂ֑א

masa

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Transliteration
ma-SA
Extended
mah-SA
IPA
/maˈsːaː/

Meaning by language

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Result
מַ + שָּׂ֑א
ma + sa
masa

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-SA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-EN ma-SA

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO ye-ho-sha-FAT ve-a-MO la-VOZ et-she-la-LAM va-yim-tse-U va-HEM la-ROV u-re-KHUSH u-fe-ga-RIM u-khe-LE kha-mu-DOT va-ye-nats-TSE-LU la-HEM le-EN ma-SA

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO ye-ho-sha-FAT ve-a-MO la-VOZ et-she-la-LAM va-yim-tse-U va-HEM la-ROV u-re-KHUSH u-fe-ga-RIM u-khe-LE kha-mu-DOT va-ye-nats-TSE-LU la-HEM le-EN ma-SA va-yih-YU ya-MIM she-lo-SHA bo-ze-ZIM et-ha-sha-LAL KI RAV-HU

Exegesis

Vayanatslu lahem {וַיְנַצְּל֥וּ לָהֶם | wayyanat•səlū lā•hēm} “and they seized for themselves” indicates appropriation, while le’ein-masa {לְאֵ֣ין־מַשָּׂא | lᵊ•ʾên•mas•śāʾ} “unable to carry” conveys the excess.

In context2 Chronicles 20:25

And Jehoshaphat and his people came to plunder their spoil. And they found among them an abundance—property, corpses, and vessels of precious things . They took for themselves more than they could carry, and they were three days gathering the plunder because it was so great.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 20:25:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 20:25, so the Hebrew word מַשָּׂ֑א (masa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.20.25.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.25.W16.S1) and character.