Jeremiah 23:33:7Jer.23.33.W7TAB
מַה־מַשָּׂ֖א
mamassa
“what is the burden of”
- Transliteration
- ma-mas-SA
- Extended
- mah-mahs-SAA
- IPA
- /ma.masˈsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is the burden of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ma-mas-SA
- clause
ve-khi-yish-AL-kha ha-AM ha-ZE o-ha-na-VI o-kho-HEN le-MOR ma-mas-SA ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-khi-yish-AL-kha ha-AM ha-ZE o-ha-na-VI o-kho-HEN le-MOR ma-mas-SA ye-ho-VAH ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM et-ma-ma-sSA ve-na-TASH-ti et-khem ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive leimor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾmōr} introduces the direct quotation mah-massa YHWH {מַה־מַשָּׂא יְהוָה | mah-ma-śāʾ Yə-hō-wāh} “What is the burden of the LORD?”
Root and etymology
נ־שׂ־א
“to lift, carry”
In context — Jeremiah 23:33
When this people or a prophet or a priest asks you, saying, “What is the burden of the LORD ?” then you shall say to them, “You are the burden, and I will cast you off,” declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 23:33, so the Hebrew word מַה־מַשָּׂ֖א (mamassa) 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 Jer.23.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.33.W7.S1) and character.