•
I
.
מַס
S
4522, 4523
TWOT
1218, 1223a
GK
4988, 4989
n.m.
1 K 5:27
usually
coll.
body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band
or
gang
, also (late)
forced service, task-work, serfdom
(
å מִסָּא
, especially in phr.
מַסְּקֵי מִיסִּין
(implying late and [for
BH
] false sense ‘tribute,’ so
NH
מַעֲלֵי מִסִּים
;
√
unknown, prob. loan-wd.; follows anal. of
ע׳ע́
)
;—
abs.
מ׳
1 K 5:27
+;
לָמַ˜ס
Jos 17:13
+,
הַמַּ˜ס
2 S 20:24
+;
pl.
מִסִּים
Ex 1:1
1;—
1.
labour-band, labour-gang
, body of task-workers for public service, formed by levy upon the people by Sol.
שׁלֹמֹה מַס מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּ˜עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ
1 K 5:27
, amounting to 30,000 men
v
27;
הַמּ׳ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה
9:1
5;
לְמַס עֹבֵד וַיַּעֲלֵם שׁ׳
v
21
and Sol. levied them for a toiling labour-band
(
cf.
Gn 49:15 Jos 16:1
0)
=
לְמַס וַיַּעֲלֵם שׁ׳
2 Ch 8:
8; appar. instituted, earlier, by David,
cf.
וַאֲדֹרָם עַל־הַמַּ˜ס
2 S 20:2
4, i.e. had charge of the body of labourers, so
1 K 4:6
;
5:28
;
12:18
=
2 Ch 10:1
8.
2.
a.
of
labour-bands, slave- gangs
of Isr. in Egypt, only
שָׁרֵי מִסִּים
Ex 1:11
(
J
)
gang-overseers
.
b.
of conquered populations, subject to forced labour:
יִהְיוּ לְךָ לָמַסּ וַעֲבָדוּךָ
Dt 20:11
cf.
Ju 1:3
0,
33
,
35
(
v. GF
M),
Is 31:8 La 1:
1; so
עֹבֵד ויהי לְמַסּ
Jos 16:10
(
cf.
Gn 49:15 1 K 9:2
1);
לָמַ˜ס וַיִּתְּנוּ אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי
Jos 17:1
3,
cf.
(
וַיָּ˜שֶׁם וגו׳
)
Ju 1:28
.
3.
in gen.:
וַיְהִי לְמַס־עֹבֵד
Gn 49:15
and he
(Issachar) became
a slaving labour-band
(poem in
J
;
cf.
Jos 16:10 1 K 9:2
1);
cf.
רְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַ˜ס
Pr 12:24
(here appar. of individ.)
4.
forced service
,
serfdom
(or poss. (in late passage)
tribute
=
enforced payment
,
cf.
N
H,
å
,
v. supr
.), only of Ahasuerus:
וַיָּשֶׂם הַמֶּלַךְ מַס עַל־הָאָרֶץ וגו׳
Est 10:
1.
II
.
מַס
S
4522, 4523
TWOT
1218, 1223a
GK
4988, 4989
v.
מסס
.
מֵסַב
S
4524
TWOT
1456c
GK
4990
v.
סבב
.
מַסְגֵּר
S
4525
TWOT
1462c
GK
4993, 4994
,
מִסְגֶּ˜רֶת
S
4526
TWOT
1462d
GK
4995 v.
סגר
.
מַסַּד S 4527 TWOT 875g GK 4996 v. יסד .
BH Biblical Hebrew.