Midvash

מָצָהmâtsâh

drain, drain out

Pronunciation: maw-tsaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4680

Meanings

Qal: drain, drain out (Isaiah 51:17; Ezekiel 23:34; Judges 6:38)

Niph`al: shall be drained out (Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9; Psalms 73:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 1:15 The priest will take the bird to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar. But first he must drain its blood against the side of the altar.
  • Leviticus 5:9 Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against the sides of the altar, and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. This is an offering for sin.
  • Judges 6:38 And that is just what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out a whole bowlful of water.
  • Psalms 73:10 And so the people are dismayed and confused, drinking in all their words.
  • Psalms 75:8 For the Lord holds a cup in his hand that is full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours out the wine in judgment, and all the wicked must drink it, draining it to the dregs.
  • Isaiah 51:17 Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem! You have drunk the cup of the Lord’s fury. You have drunk the cup of terror, tipping out its last drops.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).