STRONGS NUMBER H6006


Word Summary
amas: to load, carry a load
Original Word: עָמַס
Transliteration: amas
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-mas')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to load, carry a load
Meaning: to load, impose a, burden
Strong's Concordance
be borne, heavy burden self, lade, load, put

Or mamas {aw-mas'}; a primitive root; to load, i.e. Impose a burden (or figuratively, infliction) -- be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6006. amas

[עָמַס‎, ?עָמַשׂ‎] verb 1. load.

2 carry a load (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician עמסcarry; compare possibly Arabic gravis et obscurus fuit dies (Frey)); —

Qal Imperfect3masculine singular וַיַּעֲמֹסGenesis 44:13, יַעֲמָסֿPsalm 68:20; Participle active עֹמְסִיםNehemiah 13:15; עֹמְשִׂים4:11 (but see below); suffix עֹמְסֶיהָZechariah 12:3; passive עֲמֻסִיםIsaiah 46:3, עֲמוּסוֺת46:1; —

1 load (object omitted) upon (עַל‎) ass Genesis 44:13 (E), Nehemiah 13:15; so absolute 4:11, literally, si vera lectio (see BeRy Ryle); but read probably חֲמֻשִׁים‎ RyKau.

2 carry a load Psalm 68:20 (׳י‎, for (ל‎) his people), carry as a load Zechariah 12:3 (figurative), passive Isaiah 46:1 (literal), 46:3 (figurative). **

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הֶעְמִיס1 Kings 12:11 load upon (accusative of thing + עַל‎ person) = 2 Chronicles 10:11.