Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
KJV Usage: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, X give, handle, make (pro-, sound)long, X sow, scatter, stretch out
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָשַׁךְ (ma.shakh) — to draw. 1) to draw, drag, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down 1a2) to draw (the bow) 1a3) to proceed, march 1a4) to draw out or give (a sound) 1a5) to draw out, prolong, continue 1a6) to trail (seed in sowing) 1a7) to cheer, draw, attract, gratify 1b) (Niphal) to be drawn out 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred 1c2) to be tall
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מֶשֶׁךְ · מֹשְׁכֹות · מֶשֶׁךְ
Large | verb pu'al
to be tall = state in which humans are of more than average height
Move | verb qal
to go, to march = action by which humans move as a group from one location to another
Move | verb qal
to pull, to drag, to draw out = causative action by which humans or animals move an object from one location to another, usually with some effort or difficulty
GEN 37:28 · DEU 21:3 · JDG 4:7 · 1KI 22:34 · 2CH 18:33 · JOB 24:22 · JOB 40:25 · PSA 10:9 · PSA 28:3 · SNG 1:4 · ISA 66:19 · JER 38:13 · EZK 32:20
Associate | verb qal
Collocation: משׁך יָד אֶת־לֹצְצִים
to join hands with mockers literally: to drag out (one's) hand with mockers; hence, possibly: = action by which someone associates with mockers, ◄ described with the image of someone stretching out one's hand to someone else asking that person to join in
Control | verb qal
to lead literally: to draw (people); hence: = pattern of actions by which a deity exercises leadership over humans, ◄ described with the image of someone drawing an animal with a rope
Engage | verb qal
to draw along > to engage in literally: to draw (an activity); hence: = action by which humans engage in a certain activity, described with the image of someone pulling a plow or cart
Plant | verb qal
Collocation: משׁך זֶרַע
to drag seed > to sow literally: to drag seed; hence: = action by which someone throws out seed while moving along, which makes it look as if he is dragging a trail of seed behind him
Know | verb qal
Collocation: משׁך בָּשָׂר
to tempt meaning unsure; literally: to draw (one's) body; hence, possibly: = action by which humans try to find out how their body reacts to a certain activity
Endure | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
to maintain, to continue, to prolong = causative action by which deities cause a certain situation to last longer
PSA 36:11 · PSA 85:6 · PSA 109:12 · PRO 13:12 · ISA 13:22 · JER 31:3 · EZK 12:25 · EZK 12:28
Sounds | verb qal
to sound a long blast = action by which humans produce a prolonged sound with a musical instrument
Patient | verb qal
to be patient, to bear with = state in which deities tolerate a certain unacceptable situation for a certain amount of time
1 RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT ESV "tall" | DCH "tall" or "scented" | NJPS "far" 2 ECC 2:3 NJPS "to tempt" | RSV NIV NRSV REB GNT ESV "to cheer" CEV "to make happy" | NJB "to hand over"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָשַׁךְ vb. draw, drag Qal draw and lift out of
draw the bow
proceed, march
draw out a sound, give a sound
draw out, prolong, continue
trail seed (draw along in sowing)
(late) cheer (draw, attract, gratigy)
Niph. they shall not be prolonged (days of Babylon); it shall not be postponed
Pu. long drawn out: of persons, = tall; hope postponed, deferred
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