הֵמַ֨סּוּ
𐤄𐤌𐤎𐤅
hemasu
have discouraged
a primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief); discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly.
Deuteronomy 1:28 · Word #5
Lexicon H4549
| Lemma | מָסַס |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤌𐤎𐤎 |
| Transliteration | mâçaç |
| Strong's | H4549 |
| In-context | have discouraged |
Morphology HVhp3cp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | h — Hiphil — Causative active |
| Conjugation | p — Perfect — Completed action |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | c — Common — Common (both genders) |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
SIBI-P1 H4549-01
they have caused to melt away
| Root | מסס (m-s-s) |
| Core Meanings | melting, liquefying, dissolving, wasting away, fainting, discouragement |
| Semantic Range | to melt physically, to dissolve, to waste away, to cause faintness, to demoralize, to cause fear or discouragement |
| Conceptual Significance | Often used metaphorically of hearts melting in fear, this root expresses the collapse of strength or courage before overwhelming circumstances, highlighting themes of divine judgment, human frailty, or the psychological impact of events in biblical narrative. |
| Morphological Notes | Hiphil (causative) perfect, 3rd person common plural; active voice indicating completed action performed by "they." |
| Rendering Rationale | The root מסס conveys the idea of melting or dissolving, both physically and figuratively (such as courage or resolve). In the Hiphil stem, the verb is causative, and the perfect 3rd common plural form indicates completed action by "they," hence "they have caused to melt away," preserving both the causative force and plural subject. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root מסס (melting, liquefying, dissolving, wasting away, fainting, discouragement)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H4522-01 |
hamas | the melting-burden |
H4549-02 |
himes | he caused to melt away |
H4549-03 |
kehimes | as-causing-to-melt |
Word Usage (21 occurrences of H4549)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus 16:21 | וְ/נָמָֽס | venamas | and it melted |
| Deuteronomy 1:28 | הֵמַ֨סּוּ | hemasu | have discouraged |
| Deuteronomy 20:8 | יִמַּ֛ס | yimas | he make melt |