Psalms 73:10 — Word Study
WLCלָכֵ֤ן׀ יָשׁ֣וּב עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃
BSASokên [thus, in this manner] their peopleʻam [nation, community] returnshûwb▸ [to turn back, come again] to this placehălôm [here, hither] and drink upmâtsâh▸ [drain, suck out] watersmayim [liquid refreshment, spiritual nourishment] in abundancemâlêʼ [fullness, a large amount]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֤ן׀ | therefore | Preposition, adverb |
| יָשׁ֣וּב | it turns back | Verb, Qal, imperfect third person masculine singular |
| עַמּ֣וֹ | people his | Noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
| הֲלֹ֑ם | here | Adverb |
| וּמֵ֥י | and waters of | Conjunction, noun common masculine plural construct |
| מָ֝לֵ֗א | full | Adj |
| יִמָּ֥צוּ | they are drained | Verb, Niphal, imperfect third person masculine plural |
| לָֽמוֹ׃ | by them | Preposition, suffix |
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| BSB | So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance. |
| KJV | Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. |
| ASV | Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them. |
| YLT | Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them. |
| WEB | Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance. |
| BBE | For this reason they are full of bread; and water is ever flowing for them. |
Where they part company is הֲלֹ֑ם — see How Translations Differ.
The main clause is supported by an adverbial phrase and a verb phrase, clearly indicating the actions of returning and drinking.
8 commentators on this verse
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verbשׁוּב
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Deep Study — Psalms 73:10
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Context — The Contrast of the Wicked and the Righteousgenerated
Psalm 73:10 reflects on the behavior of the wicked and how they prosper, while the faithful people are depicted as returning to a place to drink from abundant waters. This verse is part of a larger meditation on the apparent success of the wicked compared to the struggles of the righteous, emphasizing the ultimate restoration and refreshment of God's people.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psalm 75:8 | For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 1 reference, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — יָשׁ֣וּב, ya.Shuvgenerated
The verb שׁוּב (*shuwb*) means to return or turn back. It is used in various contexts, including physical return, spiritual repentance, and restoration. In this verse, it indicates the act of the people returning to a place, suggesting a sense of community and belonging.
This verb is in the imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing or repeated action. The subject is a collective group, emphasizing the communal aspect of their return, which can symbolize a return to faith or a place of spiritual nourishment.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against. The BSB uses return for יָשׁ֣וּב, which is also reflected in the KJV and ASV.
Where others part company with the BSB they part company over the rendering of הֲלֹ֑ם: hither (ASV, KJV) versus here (LSV). The word מָלֵא is rendered as full in most versions, while fullness is used in LSV.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb יָשׁ֣וּב governs the main clause, with several phrases attached: an adverbial phrase indicating location, a noun phrase identifying the subject, and additional verbs describing actions related to the subject. The structure emphasizes the action of returning and the abundance of waters.
The syntax shows a clear flow from the subject's return to the actions of drinking, highlighting the relationship between the people and the place they return to.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates יָשׁ֣וּב with ἐπιστρέψει, indicating a return that carries a sense of turning back or restoration. This choice aligns with the Hebrew meaning but may also emphasize the divine aspect of the return.
The word הֲלֹ֑ם is rendered as ἐνταῦθα, which also means 'here,' maintaining the sense of location but with a different emphasis in Greek.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Psalm 73:10 describes how the people return to a specific place to drink abundant waters. This verse highlights the contrast between the wicked and the faithful, showing that while the wicked may prosper, the faithful find refreshment and sustenance in God.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
The return signifies a coming back to a place of safety and nourishment, often interpreted as a spiritual return to God.
Drinking waters in abundance symbolizes receiving spiritual nourishment and refreshment, representing God's provision for His people.
This verse contrasts the prosperity of the wicked with the faithfulness of God's people, emphasizing that true satisfaction and sustenance come from God.
The imagery encourages believers to return to God for refreshment and sustenance, highlighting the importance of spiritual nourishment in our lives.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways can I return to God for refreshment in my daily life?
- How do I perceive the prosperity of the wicked compared to my own struggles?
- What sources of spiritual nourishment do I rely on?
- How can I encourage others to seek their refreshment in God?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers commented on this verse, often reflecting on the prosperity of the wicked and the faithfulness of God towards His people.
Therefore those who were in sin said, “How has God known? And is there all knowledge in the most High?” Indeed, they suppose that knowledge is not in God, because sinners abound in worldly prosperity.Early Church Fathers on Psalms 73 →
Why, you have it here in so many words: Look, these are sinners, and prospering always; they have become rich. “Is it to no purpose that I set my heart right or washed my hands among the innocent and was scourged every day?” I worship God;Early Church Fathers on Psalms 73 →
"Therefore there shall return hither My people" [Psalms 73:10]. Now Asaph himself is returning hither.Early Church Fathers on Psalms 73 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Psalms 73:10 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleTherefore his people return hither,.... Either the true people of God, and so the Targum, the people of the Lord, and whom the psalmist owned for his people; for the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin,
Read John Gill on Psalms 73 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryTherefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. Therefore his people return hither.
Read Robert Jamieson on Psalms 73 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleHis people; either, 1. The people of those wicked blasphemers; all their children, and servants, and friends, encouraged by their example. Or rather, 2. The people of God, who is oft understood under the pronoun relative he or his, though he be not expressed, as . See the like . But then as God’ s people are of two sorts, some that are so really and sincerely, and others that are so only in profession and show, in which sense the whole body of the Israelitish nation, yea, even the wicked among them, are called his people, as , &c.; so this may be understood, either, 1. Of those true Israelites, . Even the godly were startled and stumbled at this, as David was, Psalms 37, and Jeremiah…
Read Matthew Poole on Psalms 73 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsPsalms 73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.Ver. 10. Therefore his people return hither] i.e. Some good men are as wise (or rather as foolish) as I have been, to miscensure on this manner, and to repent me of my repentance, or to say, as Psalms 73:11, "How doth God know?" &c. And waters of a full cup are wrung out unto them] That is, because the wicked drink wine in bowls, their servants wringing the rich ripe grapes thereinto, as Genesis 40:11. Or, because God sendeth them (his people) perpetual and extreme afflictions, which is meant, say some, by drinking off a cup, and squeezing all the liquor into it. Others read it, Full waters are…
Read John Trapp on Psalms 73 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) Therefore.—The Prayer Book version has undoubtedly caught the meaning here. It plainly describes the popularity gained (the surest way) by the self-applause described in the preceding verse. This version depends on the Hebrew margin, Therefore do the people turn hither (i.e., to them), and full waters (i.e., a cup full of adulation and flattery) are sucked out by them.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Psalms 73 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 10. Therefore his people return hither] There are very few verses in the Bible that have been more variously translated than this; and, like the man in the fable, they have blown the hot to cool it, and the cold to warm it. It has been translated, "Therefore God's people fall off to them; and thence they reap no small advantage." And, "Therefore let his people come before them; and waters in full measure would be wrung out from them." That is, "Should God's people come before them, they would squeeze them to the utmost; they would wring out all the juice in their bodies." The Chaldee has, "Therefore, are they turned against the people of the Lord, that they may bruise and beat them…
Read AdamClarke on Psalms 73 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1–14. Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked.
Read Cambridge on Psalms 73 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleTherefore his people - Those that truly love God; the pious in the earth. Return hither - Return to this subject. In their musings - their meditations on divine things - they come back to this inquiry.
Read Albert Barnes on Psalms 73 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea.
Tyndale line
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out by them.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Strictly literal
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.
Therefore His people return here, || And waters of fullness are wrung out to them.
Therefore do his people turn away hither: and waters of a full cup are drained by them.
Therefore his people turn to them and abundant waters are drained out.
From the Latin
How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
Simplified
As a result people turn to them and drink in everything they say.
For this reason they are full of bread; and water is ever flowing for them.
Word by word, the decisions they made
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text of Psalms 73:10 reads, "לָכֵ֤ן׀ יָשׁ֣וּב עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃" which translates to, "So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance." The Septuagint agrees with the Masoretic Text in terms of the words used, as all eight words match in a word-by-word correspondence, though the order and structure may differ in the Greek translation. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Dead Sea Scrolls do not provide differing readings for this verse, so they align with the Masoretic Text as well. This agreement among the ancient witnesses highlights the consistency of this particular verse across different textual traditions.
לָכֵ֤ן׀ יָשׁ֣וּב עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃
8 of the 8 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Psalms 73:10
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
The Hebrew word כֵּן (*ken*) is built from the root meaning 'set upright.' It functions as an adjective meaning 'right,' 'veritable,' or 'honest,' and as an adverb meaning 'so,' 'therefore,' or 'thus.' It appears in various contexts, often indicating manner or relation, and is used in phrases like 'forasmuch as.'
כֵּן adj. right, veritable, honest
right
veritable, true
pl. concr. honest (men)
base
כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as
base
כֵּן adv. so
base
H3651a כֵּן adj. right, veritable, honest H3651b כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as H3651c כֵּן so
3651 ken kane
from 3559; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as
adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction)
rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and
relation; often with other particles):--+ after that
(this, -ward, -wards), as ... as, + (for-)asmuch as yet, + be
(for which) cause, + following, howbeit, in (the) like
(manner, -wise), X the more, right, (even) so, state,
straightway, such (thing), surely, + there (where)-fore, this,
thus, true, well, X you.
see HEBREW for 03559
כֵּן (ken) — right.
adv
adj
1) right, just, honest, true, veritable
1a) right, just, honest
1b) correct
1c) true, veritable
[כִּי עַל] כֵּן ([ki al] ken) — as.
adv
forasmuch as, since
כֵּן (ken) — so.
adv
1) so, therefore, thus
1a) thus, so
1b) just so
1c) therefore
1d) so...as (paired with adv)
1e) then
1f) forasmuch as (in phrase)
1g) (with prep)
1g1) therefore, this being so (specific)
1g2) hitherto
1g3) therefore, on this ground (general)
1g4) afterwards
1g5) in such case
Aramaic equivalent: ken (כֵּן "thus" H3652)
Prep | Adv — Preposition · adverbHR/D
The Hebrew word שׁוּב (shuwb) means to turn back or return, covering a wide range of contexts including physical, spiritual, and relational. It can denote returning to a previous state, repenting, or even apostatizing. The entries describe various forms and uses, including bringing back, restoring, and refreshing. Notably, it can also imply a change in course of action.
שׁוּב 1056 vb. turn back, return
Qal 683;—turn back, return:
turn back
return, come or go back
esp. return unto
of dying
of revival from death
fig. of human relations:
return to leader, king
= change so as to appoach (in purpose, desire)
turn, i.e. resort to
return to a physical condition
abs. = change course of action
fig., specif. of spiritual relations:
turn back from God = apostatize
of י׳, turn away
turn back to God (= seek penitently)
abs. repent
turn back from evil
of י׳
of י׳, return (to shew favour)
of inanimate things (sts. personified, or treated as things of life):
denoting repetition, etc.
trans.
Pō‛l.
bring back
fig. restore, refresh
restore, repair
lead away (enticingly)
shew turning = apostatize
Hiph. 353 cause to return, bring back
bring back into bondage
put back
= draw back
= give back, restore
= relinguish
= give in payment, requital
bring one back (from dead)
bring back heart
= refresh
H7725 שׁוּב turn back, return .—turn back, return: . turn back
. return, come or go back
. esp. return unto
. . of dying
. of revival from death
. fig. of human relations: . return to leader, king
. = change so as to appoach (in purpose, desire)
. turn, i.e. resort to
. return to a physical condition
. abs. = change course of action
. fig., specif. of spiritual relations: . turn back from God = apostatize
. of י׳, turn away
. turn back to God (= seek penitently)
. abs. repent
. turn back from evil
. of י׳
. of י׳, return (to shew favour)
. of inanimate things (sts. personified, or treated as things of life):
. denoting repetition, etc.
. trans.
. . bring back
. . fig. restore, refresh
. restore, repair
. lead away (enticingly)
. shew turning = apostatize
. cause to return, bring back . . bring back into bondage
. put back
. = draw back
. = give back, restore
. = relinguish
. = give in payment, requital
7725 shuwb shoob
a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or
intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily
with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to
retreat; often adverbial, again:--((break, build, circumcise,
dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge,
make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer
(+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring
(again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back),
cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, +
continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back,
fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give
(again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see)
more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put
(again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh,
relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve,
שׁוּב (shuv) — to return: return.
: return
1) to return, turn back
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn back, return
1a1a) to turn back
1a1b) to return, come or go back
1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
1a1d) of dying
1a1e) of human relations (fig)
1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
1a1g) of inanimate things
1a1h) in repetition
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to bring back
1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
1b4) to show turning, apostatise
1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
V-Hiphil-Imperf-3ms — Verb · Qal · imperfect third person masculine singularHVqi3ms
עַם (am) primarily means 'people' or 'nation,' referring to a collective group, often in the context of tribes such as those of Israel. It can also denote kinsmen or compatriots. The term appears in various contexts, including military and familial references. There is a mention of a specific individual named Ammi in Song of Solomon 6:12.
עַם, עָם 1810 n.m. people
a people, nation
= smaller units
= common people
people in gen., persons
phrases
base
[עַם] n.[m.] kinsman (on father's side)
base
H5971a עַם, עָם people H5971b עַם kinsman (on father's side)
5971 `am am
from 6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a
tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or
attendants; figuratively, a flock:--folk, men, nation,
people.
see HEBREW for 06004
עַם (am) — people.
: people/nation
1) nation, people
1a) people, nation
1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
עַם (am) — kinsman.
kinsman, kindred
עַם (am) — Ammi.
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at Sng.6.12
§ kinsman, kindred
עַם (am) — People's (Gate).
§ kinsman, kindred
עַם (am) — (Ibleam)-am.
Combined with yiv.le.am (יִבְלְעָם "Ibleam" H2991)
§ kinsman, kindred
עַם (am) — Amaw.
This name means nation, people
עַם (am) — people: soldiers.
: soldiers/army
1) nation, people
1a) people, nation
1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
עַם (am) — people: creatures.
: creatures
1) nation, people
1a) people, nation
1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
N-ms | Suff — Noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHNcmsc/Sp3ms
הֲלֹם (halom) is an adverb of place meaning 'here' or 'hither.' It is derived from a related term and is used to indicate a specific location. The entries consistently point to its usage in contexts of direction or location.
הֲלֹם adv. of place, hither
base
H1988 הֲלֹם of place, hither
1988 halom hal-ome'
from the article (see 1973); hither:--here, hither(-(to)),
thither.
see HEBREW for 01973
הֲלֹם (ha.lom) — here.
here, hither
Adv — AdverbHD
her, in composition:
מַי (mayim) is a Hebrew word meaning 'water' and is used in the plural form. It encompasses various meanings, including literal water, urine, and metaphorical uses related to refreshment or danger. The entries indicate it is derived from a primitive noun and is primarily referenced in contexts involving water.
[מַי] 580 n.m. only pl. מַ֫יִם waters, water
base
H4325 מַי only pl. מַ֫יִם waters, water
4325 mayim mah'-yim
dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen:--+
piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
מַי (ma.yim) — water.
1) water, waters
1a) water
1b) water of the feet, urine
1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)
מַי (ma.yim) — Water (Gate).
This name means water, refreshment
Conj | N-mp — Conjunction · noun common masculine plural constructHC/Ncmpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
מָלֵא (male') means 'full' and can refer to fullness in both literal and figurative senses. It encompasses concepts of filling and completeness, and can also be used adverbially. The word is derived from a root meaning to fill, and it appears in contexts related to abundance or multitude.
H4392 מָלֵא full
4392 male' maw-lay'
from 4390; full (literally or figuratively) or filling
(literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially,
fully:--X she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with),
full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
see HEBREW for 04390
מָלֵא (ma.le) — full.
1) full, fulness, that which fills
1a) fully (adv)
Adj — AdjHAamsa
מָצָה (matsah) is a Hebrew verb meaning to drain or drain out. It is a primitive root that can imply sucking out or squeezing out, with forms in both Qal (to drain) and Niphal (to be drained out). The entries indicate its use in contexts involving liquids, such as blood or water.
[מָצָה] vb. drain, drain out
Qal drain, drain out
Niph. and the blood (of the bird) shall be drained out; water of abundance is drained (i.e. drunk) by them
base
H4680 מָצָה drain, drain out
4680 matsah maw-tsaw'
a primitive root; to suck out; by implication, to drain, to
squeeze out:--suck, wring (out).
מָצָה (ma.tsah) — to drain.
1) to drain, drain out
1a) (Qal) to drain, drain out
1b) (Niphal) to be drained out
V-Niphal-Imperf-3mp — Verb · Niphal · imperfect third person masculine pluralHVNi3mp
הֶם (hem) — them.
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine plural
HR/Sp3mp — Preposition · suffixHR/Sp3mp