one ) ;—always abs. מ׳ :— יֶלֶד מ׳ וְחָכָם Ec 4:13 ( opp. מֶלֶךְ זָקִן וּכְסִיל ); אִישׁ מ׳ חָכָם 9:1 5, הָאִישׁ הַמּ¶ v 1 5; as subst. הַמּ׳ v 16 the poor man .

• מִסְכֵּנֻת S 4544 TWOT 1222 GK 5017 n.f. poverty, scarcity , Dt 8:9 .

מִסְכְּנֹות S 4543 TWOT 1494a GK 5016 v. I. סכן ^.

מְסִלָּה S 4546, 4547 TWOT 1506d GK 5019, 5020 , מַסְלוּל S 4547 TWOT 1506d GK ⁵⁰²⁰ v. סלל .

[ מַסְמֵר S 4548, 4930 TWOT 1518b GK 5021, 5383 ], מַסְמְרִים ^{etc. v.} סמר ( שׂמר ).

^•[מָסַס S 4549 TWOT 1223 GK 5022 ] vb. dissolve, melt , intr. ( å ^מְסַס; cf. ^מסה, and II. מאס ) ;— Qal Inf. cstr. מְסֹס נֹסֵס Is 10:1 8; like the melting (wasting away) of a נֹסֵס ( q.v. ) Niph. Pf. וְנָמֵס consec. Ez 21:1 2; וְנָמָ˜ס Ex 16:21 ψ 112:10 ; נָמַ˜סּוּ ψ 97:5 + 2 times; Impf. יִמַּס Dt 20:8 +; וַיִּמַּסּוּ Ju 15:1 4; Inf. abs. הִמֵּס 2 S 17:1 0; cstr. id. ψ 68:3 ; Pt. נָמֵס ψ 22:15 + 2 times;— 1. melt ( intr. ) of manna Ex 16:21 ; wax ψ 68:3 ( sim. of wicked); manacles Ju 15:14 ( = vanished, dropped off ); wicked ψ 112:10 ( melt away ); especially of hills and mts. Mi 1:4 ψ 97:5

Is 34:3 . 2. most often fig. of heart = faint, grow fearful , Na 2:11 2 S 17:10 ^(×2) Dt 20:8 ( Ges ^{§ 121 b}) Jos 2:11 ; 5:2 ; 7:5 Is 13: 7; 19:1 Ez 21:12 ψ 22:15 . 3. Pt. = wasted, consumptive (?), 1 S 15:9 ( || נְמִבְזָה , read נִבְזָה v. בזה Niph. ) < read נִמְאֶסֶת worthless , lit. rejected ( v. מאס Niph. ) Hiph. Pf. 3 pl. הֵמַסּוּ אֶת־לְבָבֵנוּ Dt 1:28 cause to melt ( = intimidate).

opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with. subst. substantive.
intr. intransitive.
consec. consecutive.
sim. simile.