Etymology?:
from nāśāʾ נָשָׂא ‘to lift’
Roots:
נשׂא נסה
Variants: מַשָּׂא, מַשָּׂא
maśśāʾ n, m
A1) load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting
1a) load, burden
1b) lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up
1c) bearing, carrying
1d) tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne
B1) utterance, oracle, burden
Mentioned in Exodus 23:5 Numbers 4:31, 4:32, 4:15, 4:47, 4:19, 4:27, 4:49, 11:11, 11:17, 4:24 Deuteronomy 1:12 2 Samuel 19:36, 15:33 2 Kings 9:25, 5:17, 8:9 Isaiah 30:6, 14:28, 21:11, 19:1, 13:1, 22:25, 23:1, 22:1, 21:13, 21:1, 46:1, 15:1, 17:1, 46:2 Jeremiah 17:22, 23:33, 23:34, 23:36, 17:27, 17:21, 17:24, 23:38 Ezekiel 24:25, 12:10 Hosea 8:10 Nahum 1:1 Habakkuk 1:1 Zechariah 9:1, 12:1 Malachi 1:1 Psalms 38:5 Proverbs 30:1, 31:1 Job 7:20 Nehemiah 13:19, 13:15 1 Chronicles 15:27, 15:22 2 Chronicles 17:11, 20:25, 35:3, 24:27