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H4959 מָשַׁשׁ (mâshash) maw-shash'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope

KJV Usage: feel, grope, search

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָשַׁשׁ (ma.shash) — to feel. 1) to feel, grope 1a) (Qal) to feel, grope 1b) (Piel) to feel over or through, grope 1b1) to feel through 1b2) to grope 1c)(Hiphil) to feel

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Touch | verb qal, verb pi, verb hif

to feel, to touch, to grope = action by which humans examine a place or object by touching ◄ usually as a result of being unable to see

GEN 27:12 · GEN 27:22 · EXO 10:21 · DEU 28:29 · DEU 28:29 · JDG 16:26 · JOB 5:14 · JOB 12:25

Search | verb pi

to rummage = action by which humans try to find an object by feeling around without looking or being able to see

GEN 31:34 · GEN 31:37

1 JDG 16:26 MT-K והימשׁני | MT-Q וַהֲמִשֵׁנִי

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מָשַׁשׁ] vb. feel, grope Qal perhaps my father will feel me; and he felt of him

Pi. feel over or through, grope

Hiph. that one may feel (the) darkness

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