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Root
נ־שׂ־א (n-ś-ʾ)

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מַשָּׂא (masám (plural indefinite מַשָּׂאוֹת, plural construct מַשְׂאוֹת־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

  1. a burden
    • Tanach, Jeremiah 17:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְלֹא-תוֹצִיאוּ מַשָּׂא מִבָּתֵּיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת וְכָל-מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם אֶת-יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי אֶת-אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם
      neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work; but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers

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  • Yiddish: משׂא (mase)

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