Nehemiah 13:19:22Neh.13.19.W22TAB
מַשָּׂ֖א
massa
“load, burden”
- Transliteration
- mas-SA
- Extended
- mahs-SAA
- IPA
- /masːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- load, burden
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
mas-SA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ya-VO mas-SA
- clause
u-min-ne-a-RAI he-e-mad-TI al-ha-she-a-RIM lo-ya-VO mas-SA be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT u-min-ne-a-RAI he-e-mad-TI al-ha-she-a-RIM lo-ya-VO mas-SA be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase u-minne'arai he'emadti {וּמִנְּעָרַי הֶעֱמַדְתִּי | u-min-ne-ʿa-rā-yî he-ʿe-maḏ-tî} ‘and I stationed from my young men’ emphasizes personal oversight, and the clause lo yavo masa beyom haShabbat {לֹא־יָבוֹא מַשָּׂא בְּיוֹם הַשַבָּת | lō-yā-vo ma-śāʾ be-yôm ha-šab-bat} ‘that no burden shall come on the Sabbath day’ presents the Sabbath restriction. The English rendering maintains Hebrew sequence and clarity.
Root and etymology
נ־שׂ־א
“to carry, bear a load”
In context — Nehemiah 13:19
When evening shadows fell at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed, and I commanded that they must not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my young men at the gates, so that no burden would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:19:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Nehemiah 13:19, so the Hebrew word מַשָּׂ֖א (massa) 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 Neh.13.19.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.19.W22.S1) and character.