Jeremiah 23:34:6Jer.23.34.W6TAB
מַשָּׂ֣א
masa
“a burden or oracle”
- Transliteration
- ma-SA
- Extended
- mah-SAA
- IPA
- /masˈsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a burden or oracle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ma-SA
- phraseyour reading level
ma-SA ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-ha-na-VI ve-ha-ko-HEN ve-ha-AM a-SHER yo-MAR ma-SA ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-na-VI ve-ha-ko-HEN ve-ha-AM a-SHER yo-MAR ma-SA ye-ho-VAH u-fa-KAD-ti al-ha-ISH ha-HU ve-al-BET-o
Exegesis
The relative clause `asher yomar {אֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר | ʾă-šer yō-mar} ‘who says’` sets the conditional basis for judgment by attributing the formulaic phrase `massa YHWH {מַשָּׂא יְהוָה | mas-śāʾ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘burden of the LORD’`.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–sin–aleph
“to carry”
In context — Jeremiah 23:34
And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, "The burden of the LORD ," I will punish that man and his house.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 23:34, so the Hebrew word מַשָּׂ֣א (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 Jer.23.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.34.W6.S1) and character.