H4959
מָשַׁשׁ
to feel
1) to feel, grope 1a) (Qal) to feel, grope 1b) (Piel) to feel over or through, grope 1b1) to feel through 1b2) to grope 1c)(Hiphil) to feel
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[מָשַׁשׁ] verb feel, grope (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el; Arabic feel; Ethiopic Di166; Aramaic , מְשַׁשׁ Pa`el, Palpel — see also ימשׁ, II. מושׁ); —
Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יְמֻשֵּׁנִי Gen 27:12 perhaps my father will feel me; וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ vGen 27:22 and he felt of him (both J). Pi`el Perfect 2 masculine singular מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deut 28:29, וַיְמַשֵּׁשׁ Gen 31:34 3 masculine plural יִמַשְׁשׁוּ Job 5:4; Job 12:25 Participle מְמַשֵּׁשׁ Deut 28:29 — feel over or through, grope: —
1. לָבָּן אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאֹהֶל ׳וַיְמ Gen 31:24 and Laban felt through the whole tent (i.e. searched it); so (object כֵּלַי) vGen 31:37 thou hast felt through all my possessions (or baggage; both E).
2. grope, of blind Deut 28:29b (in simile), periphrase conjectural, וְהָיִיתָ מְמַשֵּׁשׁDeut 28:29 a and thou shalt become one that gropes at noonday (figurative of judicial blindness); compare Job 5:14; Job 12:25. Hiph`il Imperfect וְיָמֵשׁ חשֶׁךְ Exod 10:21 that one may feel (the) darkness; read also Imperative suffix הֲמִשֵׁנִי (for והימשׁני, see ימשׁ, p. 413 above) Judg 16:26 and let me touch the pillars (2 accusative)
מִשְׁתֶּה see שׁתה. מֵת see מות. p 559,1059
7 occurrences
Genesis (4), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Job (1)