Strong's Hebrew #4959 - מָשַׁשׁ mashash (to feel)

feel, grope, search

A primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope -- feel, grope, search.

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
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1262

[מָשַׁשׁ] verb feel, grope (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el; Arabic feel; Ethiopic Di<sup>166</sup>; Aramaic , מְשַׁשׁ Pa`el, Palpel — see also ימשׁ, II. מושׁ); —

Qal Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְמֻשֵּׁנִי Genesis 27:12 perhaps my father will feel me; וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ Genesis 27:22 and he felt of him (both J).

Pi`el Perfect2masculine singular מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ; Imperfect3masculine singular יְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deuteronomy 28:29, וַיְמַשֵּׁשׁ Genesis 31:34; 3masculine plural יִמַשְׁשׁוּ Job 5:4; Job 12:25; Participle מְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deuteronomy 28:29; — feel over or through, grope: —

1 לָבָּן אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאֹהֶל ׳וַיְמ Genesis 31:24 and Laban felt through the whole tent (i.e. searched it); so (object כֵּלַי) Genesis 31:37 thou hast felt through all my possessions (or baggage; both E).

2 grope, of blind Deuteronomy 28:29b (in simile), periphrase conjectural, וְהָיִיתָ מְמַשֵּׁשׁDeuteronomy 28:29 a and thou shalt become one that gropes at noonday (figurative of judicial blindness); compare Job 5:14; Job 12:25.

Hiph`il Imperfect וְיָמֵשׁ חשֶׁךְ Exodus 10:21 that one may feel (the) darkness; read also Imperative suffix הֲמִשֵׁנִי (for והימשׁני, see ימשׁ, p. 413 above) Judges 16:26 and let me touch the pillars (2 accusative)

מִשְׁתֶּה see שׁתה. מֵת see מות. p 559,1059

Strong's Hebrew: 4959. מָשַׁשׁ (mashash) — 9 Occurrences

Genesis 27:12
HEB: אוּלַ֤י יְמֻשֵּׁ֙נִי֙ אָבִ֔י וְהָיִ֥יתִי
NAS: my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver
KJV: My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem
INT: Perhaps will feel my father become

Genesis 27:22
HEB: יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו וַיְמֻשֵּׁ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הַקֹּל֙
NAS: his father, and he felt him and said,
KJV: his father; and he felt him, and said,
INT: Isaac his father felt and said the voice

Genesis 31:34
HEB: וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַיְמַשֵּׁ֥שׁ לָבָ֛ן אֶת־
NAS: on them. And Laban felt through all
KJV: upon them. And Laban searched all the tent,
INT: sat and felt and Laban all

Genesis 31:37
HEB: כִּֽי־ מִשַּׁ֣שְׁתָּ אֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: Though you have felt through all
KJV: Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff,
INT: Though have felt all my goods

Exodus 10:21
HEB: אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְיָמֵ֖שׁ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃
NAS: even a darkness which may be felt.
KJV: even darkness [which] may be felt.
INT: the land of Egypt may be felt A darkness

Deuteronomy 28:29
HEB: וְהָיִ֜יתָ מְמַשֵּׁ֣שׁ בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֗יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: and you will grope at noon,
KJV: And thou shalt grope at noonday,
INT: become will grope noon after

Deuteronomy 28:29
HEB: בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֗יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יְמַשֵּׁ֤שׁ הָעִוֵּר֙ בָּאֲפֵלָ֔ה
NAS: as the blind man gropes in darkness,
KJV: as the blind gropeth in darkness,
INT: noon after gropes as the blind darkness

Job 5:14
HEB: חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃
NAS: with darkness, And grope at noon
KJV: in the daytime, and grope in the noonday
INT: darkness the night and grope noon

Job 12:25
HEB: יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־
NAS: They grope in darkness with no
KJV: They grope in the dark without light,
INT: grope darkness no