Lexical Summary masoreth: bond (of the covenant) Original Word: מֶסֹרֶתTransliteration: masoreth Phonetic Spelling: (maw-so'-reth) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: bond (of the covenant) Meaning: bond (of the covenant) Strong's Concordance bond From 'acar; a band -- bond. see HEBREW 'acar Brown-Driver-Briggs H4562. masoreth מָסֹ֫רֶת noun feminine construct ׳מ הַבְּרִית bond of the covenant Ezekiel 20:37 (= מַאֲסֹרֶת; text dubious compare LagGN 1882, 168 f. M 61; Co reads מוסר, i.e. מוּסָר see below יסר; so ᵑ6). [מוֺסֵר] noun masculineIsaiah 28:22 band, bond, in poetry & late (= מֹאסֵר; Ethiopic Syriac , compare Assyrian mêsiru, sheathing, plating, e.g. LyonSargontexte, p. 16, l. 65 & p. 80) — construct מוֺסַר Job 12:18 (so Di Hoffm and others for מוּסַר); plural מוֺסֵרוֺת Jeremiah 5:5; 27:2; construct מֹסְרוֺת Job 39:5; מוֺסְרֵי Isaiah 52:2; suffix מוֺסֵרָי֑ Psalm 116:16; מוֺסְרוֺתֶיךָ Jeremiah 30:8; מוֺסְרֵיכֶם Isaiah 28:22; מוֺסְרוֺתֵי֑מוֺ Psalm 2:3 etc.; — bands accusative after פִתֵּהַ Job 39:5 restraining-bands of wild ass; Psalm 116:16 bonds of distress; Isaiah 52:2 ׳מ צַוָּארֵח bonds of captivity of Zion, verb Hithpa`el; compare also Job 12:18 מִּתֵּחַ מְלָכִים מוֺסַר (so read, see above & AV RV); Di understands bonds imposed by kings; Hoffm girdles of kings, & reads וַיָּסַר in "", for וַיֶּאְסַר; more often accusative after נִתֵּק Psalm 2:3 bonds imposed by ׳י & his anointed, compare Jeremiah 5:5 & 2:20 (ᵑ9 ᵐ5, see Commentaries); of Yahweh's breaking bonds of Israel 30:8; Nahum 1:13 (last four "" עֹל שָׁבַר), bonds of oppressed Psalm 107:14; מ ׳יֶחְזְקוּ Isaiah 28:22, i.e. bonds imposed by Assyria; compare Jeremiah 27:2 ("" מֹט) literal, symbolic of rule of Nebuchadrezzar. |
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