מָשַׁךְ verb draw, drag (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מְשַׁח (rare) be extended, also conduct, take, Syriac is be dry, shrivelled (of fruit., etc.); Ethiopic bend (the bow); Arabic grasp and hold I. Frey; IV. Frey Lane; compare also Assyrian mašku, skin (perhaps also march DlHWB 431), Arabic id., Aramaic , מַשְׁכָּא id.); —
1. draw and lift out of (
מִן), with accusative of person,
וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ וַיַּעֲלוּ אֶתיֿוֺסֵף מִן הַבּוֺר Gen 37:28 (E), so Jeremiah (+
בַּחֲבָלִים,
ב instrumental)
Jer 38:13 compare
תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה Job 40:25 draw, drag along משְׁכֵי עָוֺן בְּחַבְלֵי הֵשָּׁוְא Isa 5:18 (figurative);
בְּמָשְׁכוֺ בְּרִשְׁתּוֺ Ps 10:9 (figurative of wicked catching and
dragging the poor);
draw, lead along (with hostile purpose) with accusative of person
Judg 4:7 (subject
׳י; +
אֶלֿ person and thing);
lead or
drag off (to doom, subject
׳י)
Ps 28:3 (compare
Ps 26:9); similarly, or =
draw down to death,
׳מָשְׁכוּ אוֺתָהּ וגו Ezek 32:20 (si vera lectio; reference to fall of Egypt), but read perhaps a form of
שׁכב for
משׁכו,
ᵐ5 Co Berthol, compare Sm.; absolute, subject heifer,
מָֽשְׁכָה בְּעוֺל Deut 21:3 (
ב instrumental);
draw, lead (in love), (figurative, subject
׳י)
בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם אֶמְשְׁכֵם Hos 11:4, compare
Jer 31:3 (al. as
5 below)
2. draw the bow,
בַּקֶּשֶׁת ׳מ 1Kgs 22:34 =
2Chr 18:33, but
׳משְׁכֵי ק Isa 66:19 (where text dubious,
ᵐ5 Μοσοχ καὶ εἰς(
θΩβελ), so Lo Sta
Javan 8 Du Che
Hpt, — not Gr Che
Comm Di).
3. proceed, march (compare German
ziehen)
וּמָשַׁכְתָָּ֫ בְּהַר תָּבוֺר Judg 4:6 compare
Judg 20:37 (absolute),
Job 21:33 (
אַחֲרָיו); so also (perhaps)
Exod 12:21 proceed (i.e. forthwith), and take you a sheep; and probably
משְׁכִים בְּשֵׁבֶט Judg 5:14 those marching with the staff, etc. (most under
2. drawing with, i.e. wielding).
4. draw out a sound,
give a sound,
בִּמְשֹׁךְ הַיֹּבֵל Exod 19:13 (E)
when the ram ('s horn)
sounds,
בְּקֶרֶן ׳הַיֹּבֵל בִּמ Josh 6:5 (JE).
5. draw out, prolong, continue,
מְשֹׁח חַסְדְּךָ לְֹידְעֶיךָ Ps 36:10 prolong, continue thy kindness to them that know thee;
אַליְֿהִי לוֺ משֵׁךְ חֶסֶד Ps 109:12 (so possibly
מְשַׁכְתִּיךָ חָ֑סֶד Jer 31:3 I have prolonged kindness to thee, compare Ryle
Neh 9:30 and elsewhere as
1 above); compare
עֲלֶיהֶם שָׁנִים ׳וַתִּמ רַבּוֺת Neh 9:30 (
חֶסֶד omitted);
אַפְּךָ לְדֹר וָדֹר ׳תִּמ Neh 85:6 (||
הַלְעוֺלָם תֶּאֱנַף בָּנוּ);
אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֺ ׳וּמ Job 24:22 i.e.
he (God)
prolongeth the life of
the mighty (Du
draggeth them
off, as
Ps 28:3 1 above, — reading also
אֹבְּדִים for
׳אַבּ with
ᵐ5 Bi); compare
Niph`al 6. trail seed (draw along in sowing)
Amos 9:13 (opposed to
דָֹּרֵךְ עֲנָבִים; compare
מֶשֶׁךְ below)
7. (late)
cheer (draw, attract, gratify)
בַּיַּיִן ׳מ אֶתבְּֿשָׂרִי Eccl 2:3, — so De (who cites Late Hebrew, Chag
14 a) Now Wild. —
מָשַׁךְ יָדוֺ אֶתלֹּֿצֲצִים Hos 7:5 is difficult,
ᵐ5 AV RV
he stretcheth out his hand with, maketh common cause with, is hardly possibly, text probably corrupt We Now.
Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural
לֹא יִמָּשֵׁ֑כוּ Isa 13:22 they shall not be prolonged (days of Babylon); 3 feminine singular
לֹא תִּמָּשֵׁךְ Ezek 12:25;
Ezek 12:28 it shall not be postponed.
Pu`al Participle long drawn out: מְמֻשָּׁךְ Isa 18:2;
Isa 18:7 of persons, =
tall;
תֹּחֶלֶת מְמֻשָּׁכָה Prov 13:12 hope postponed, deferred.