2 Chronicles 24:27:42 Chr.24.27.W4TAB
הַמַּשָּׂ֣א
hamassa
“the burden or the oracle”
- Transliteration
- ha-mas-SA
- Extended
- hah-mas-SA
- IPA
- /ham.masˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the burden or the oracle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-mas-SA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-mas-SA a-LAV
- clause
u-va-NA-v ve-RAV yi-REV ha-mas-SA a-LAV vi-SOD BET ha-e-lo-HIM hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-mid-RASH SE-fer ha-me-la-KHIM
- sentence
u-va-NA-v ve-RAV yi-REV ha-mas-SA a-LAV vi-SOD BET ha-e-lo-HIM hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-mid-RASH SE-fer ha-me-la-KHIM va-yim-LOKH a-mats-ya-HU ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The noun hamasa {הַמַּשָּׂא | hă-măs-sāʼ} functions as the object of accumulation in the pronominal suffix alav {עָלָיו | ʼă-lā-w} “upon him,” here conveying weighty pronouncements against the king.
Root and etymology
m-ś-ʼmem–samekh–aleph
“burden; oracle”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:27
Now concerning his sons, the many burdens upon him, and the restoration of the house of God , behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings; and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 24:27, so the Hebrew word הַמַּשָּׂ֣א (hamassa) 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.24.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.27.W4.S1) and character.