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Hebrew verb · H4900

מָשַׁךְ

mashakmaw-shak'

to draw

36 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: mâshak

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4900is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 34
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4900

to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)

The King James renders it: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, [idiom] give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, [idiom] sow, scatter, stretch 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

mashak is rendered "to draw". It stands 36 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Five of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 37:28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.

The first use

So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Genesis 37:28וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eighteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 21 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • draw2
  • he drew2
  • it will be postponed2
  • tall2
  • and he drags off1
  • and he marched1
  • and I will draw1
  • and they drew1
  • and they drew out1
  • and you prolonged1
  • and you will march1
  • deferred1

and 20 more, 36 uses in all

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.

מָשַׁלmashalto ruleUses81
מָשַׁחmashachto anointUses70
מָשַׁלmashalto likenUses16
מָשַׁשׁmashashto feelUses9

The words it stands beside

All 36, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

34 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

  • מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ2
  • מָשַׁ֤ךְ2
  • אֶמְשְׁכֵם֙1
  • בְּמֹשֵׁ֣ךְ1
  • בִּמְשֹׁךְ֙1
  • בִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ׀1
  • בְּמָשְׁכ֥וֹ1
  • וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ֙1
  • וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙1
  • וַיִּמְשְׁכ֤וּ1
  • וּמָשַׁ֣ךְ1
  • וּמָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙1

and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vqcc
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqp3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVNi3fs
  • verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular2HVPsmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqi2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HVqrmpc
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqv2mp
  • Hc/Vqq1cs1Hc/Vqq1cs
  • Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
  • Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
  • Hc/Vqw2ms1Hc/Vqw2ms

Genesis

one use
  • So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

    Genesis 37:28

    • וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙vaiyimshekhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they drew

Exodus

two uses
  • Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

    Exodus 12:21

    • מִֽשְׁכ֗וּmishkhuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: draw
  • No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

    Exodus 19:13

    • בִּמְשֹׁךְ֙bimshokhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when sounds

Deuteronomy

one use
  • Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

    Deuteronomy 21:3

    • מָשְׁכָ֖הmashekhahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has dragged

Joshua

one use
  • And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

    Joshua 6:5

    • בִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ׀bimshokhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when blow

Judges

four uses
  • She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

    Judges 4:6

    • וּמָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙umashakhtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will march
  • And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”

    Judges 4:7

    • וּמָשַׁכְתִּ֨יumashakhtiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will draw
  • Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

    Judges 5:14

    • מֹשְׁכִ֖יםmoshekhimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: march
  • The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

    Judges 20:37

    • וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ֙vaiyimshokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he marched

1 Kings

one use
  • However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

    1 Kings 22:34

    • מָשַׁ֤ךְmashakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he drew

2 Chronicles

one use
  • However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

    2 Chronicles 18:33

    • מָשַׁ֤ךְmashakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he drew

Nehemiah

one use
  • You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

    Nehemiah 9:30

    • וַתִּמְשֹׁ֤ךְvatimshokhHc/Vqw2mstagged: and you prolonged

Job

three uses
  • The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

    Job 21:33

    • יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְyimshokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will follow
  • Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

    Job 24:22

    • וּמָשַׁ֣ךְumashakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he drags off
  • “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

    Job 41:1

    • תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְtimshokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you draw out

Psalms

five uses
  • He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

    Psalms 10:9

    • בְּמָשְׁכ֥וֹbemashekhopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when drags away he
  • Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

    Psalms 28:3

    • תִּמְשְׁכֵ֣נִיtimshekheniverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you drag away me
  • Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

    Psalms 36:10

    • מְשֹׁ֣ךְmeshokhverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prolong
  • Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

    Psalms 85:5

    • תִּמְשֹׁ֥ךְtimshokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you prolong
  • May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

    Psalms 109:12

    • מֹשֵׁ֣ךְmoshekhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: prolongs

Proverbs

one use
  • Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

    Proverbs 13:12

    • מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָהmemushakhahverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: deferred

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

    Ecclesiastes 2:3

    • לִמְשׁ֥וֹךְlimshokhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to gratify

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

    Song of Solomon 1:4

    • מָשְׁכֵ֖נִיmashekheniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: draw me

Isaiah

five uses
  • Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

    Isaiah 5:18

    • מֹשְׁכֵ֥יmoshekheiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: draw along
  • Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

    Isaiah 13:22

    • יִמָּשֵֽׁכוּ׃yimashekhuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be prolonged
  • which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

    Isaiah 18:2

    • מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְmemushakhverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: tall
  • At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.

    Isaiah 18:7

    • מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְmemushakhverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: tall
  • I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

    Isaiah 66:19

    • מֹ֥שְׁכֵיmoshekheiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: draw

Jeremiah

two uses
  • The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

    Jeremiah 31:3

    • מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְmeshakhtikhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: I have prolonged to you
  • and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

    Jeremiah 38:13

    • וַיִּמְשְׁכ֤וּvaiyimshekhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they drew out

Ezekiel

three uses
  • because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”

    Ezekiel 12:25

    • תִמָּשֵׁ֖ךְtimashekhverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be postponed
  • Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”

    Ezekiel 12:28

    • תִמָּשֵׁ֥ךְtimashekhverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be postponed
  • They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.

    Ezekiel 32:20

    • מָשְׁכ֥וּmashekhuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: they have drawn down

Hosea

two uses
  • The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

    Hosea 7:5

    • מָשַׁ֥ךְmashakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he stretched out
  • I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

    Hosea 11:4

    • אֶמְשְׁכֵם֙ʾemshekhemverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I drew them

Amos

one use
  • “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

    Amos 9:13

    • בְּמֹשֵׁ֣ךְbemoshekhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in sower of

The letters

Gematria 360· 840 mispar gadol

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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