Proverbs 30:1:4Prov.30.1.W4TAB
הַמַּ֫שָּׂ֥א
hammasa
“the oracle”
- Transliteration
- ham-ma-SA
- Extended
- hahm-mah-SAA
- IPA
- /ham.maˈsːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
ham-ma-SA
- phraseyour reading level
ham-ma-SA ne-UM hag-GE-ver le-i-ti-EL
- clause
div-RE a-GUR bin-ya-KE ham-ma-SA ne-UM hag-GE-ver le-i-ti-EL
- sentence
div-RE a-GUR bin-ya-KE ham-ma-SA ne-UM hag-GE-ver le-i-ti-EL le-i-ti-EL ve-u-KHAL
Exegesis
The noun phrases ha-massa {הַמַּשָּׂא | ha-mas·śāʼ} ‘the oracle’ and its appositive neʼum {נְאֻם | neʼûm} ‘utterance’ form an emphatic parallelism typical of Hebrew superscriptions.
Root and etymology
n-s-ʾnun–sin–aleph
“to lift or bear”
In context — Proverbs 30:1
The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, the oracle and the utterance of the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 30:1, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֫שָּׂ֥א (hammasa) 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 Prov.30.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.1.W4.S1) and character.