STRONGS NUMBER H4680


Word Summary
matsah: to drain, drain out
Original Word: מָצָה
Transliteration: matsah
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tsaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to drain, drain out
Meaning: to suck out, to drain, to squeeze out
Strong's Concordance
suck, wring out

A primitive root; to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out -- suck, wring (out).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4680. matsah

[מָצָה‎] verb drain, drain out (Late Hebrew id. press, or drain out; Aramaic , מְצָאid.; Arabic II. drain to the last drop (Dozy); compare מָצַץ‎); —

Qal Perfect2feminine singular מָצִיתIsaiah 51:17, וּמָצִית‎ consecutive Ezekiel 23:34 Imperfect3masculine singular with apocope וַיִמֶץJudges 6:38, 3masculine plural יִמְצוּPsalm 75:9; — drain, drain out, מִןהַֿנִּזָּה טַל וַיִמֶץJudges 6:38 and drained dew out of the fleece; so figurative, object קֻבַּעתbowl, goblet, of bewilderment from ׳י‎, Isaiah 51:17 ( + שׁתה‎; of personified Jerusalem), compare, object בּוֺס‎, Ezekiel 23:24 (+ שׁתה‎); object שְׁמָרֶיהָthe dregs of it (namely בּוֺס‎) Psalm 75:9 (subject the wicked).

Niph`al Perfect וְנִמְצָה‎ consecutive Leviticus 1:15 and the blood (of the bird) shall be drained out; so Imperfect יִמָּצֵה5:9 (both

P); לָמוֺ יִמָּצוּ מָלֵא מֵיPsalm 73:10 water of abundance is drained (i.e. drunk) by them (Gr Che Buhl read יִמְצוּ‎ or יָמֹצוּ‎ (מצץ‎) they drain).

I. מַצָּה‎ see מצץ‎. II. מַצָּה‎ see נצה‎.