Hebrew verb · H4680
מָצָה
matsahmaw-tsaw'
to drain
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâtsâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4680is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4680
to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out
The King James renders it: suck, wring (out).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
matsah is rendered "to drain". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 1:15Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.
Leviticus 1:15וְנִמְצָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he drained1
- and it will be drained out1
- and you will drain1
- it will be drained out1
- they are drained1
- they will drain1
- you have drained1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מָצָא | matsa | to find | Uses455 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיִּ֤מֶץ1
- וּמָצִ֗ית1
- וְנִמְצָ֣ה1
- יִמָּצֵ֖ה1
- יִמְצ֣וּ1
- יִמָּ֥צוּ1
- מָצִֽית׃1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/VNq3ms1Hc/VNq3ms
- Hc/Vqq2fs1Hc/Vqq2fs
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVNi3mp
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVNi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVqp2fs
Leviticus
two uses
Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.
- וְנִמְצָ֣הvenimtzahHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be drained out
then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
- יִמָּצֵ֖הyimatzehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be drained out
Judges
one use
And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
- וַיִּ֤מֶץvaiyimetzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he drained
Psalms
two uses
So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
- יִמָּ֥צוּyimatzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are drained
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
- יִמְצ֣וּyimtzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will drain
Isaiah
one use
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
- מָצִֽית׃matzitverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have drained
Ezekiel
one use
You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.
- וּמָצִ֗יתumatzitHc/Vqq2fstagged: and you will drain
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.