Hebrew · H4900, G3115 · unreviewed

מְמֻשָּׁכָה

To draw , used in a great variety of applications (including to sow , to sound , to prolong , to develop , to march , to remove , to delay , to be tall , etc.) · patience

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מָשַׁךְ H4900 to draw , used in a great variety of applications (including to sow , to sound , to prolong , to develop , to march , to remove , to delay , to be tall , etc.)
Pronunciation məšōḵ
Foundational motion verb meaning "to draw" with productive range: stretching, prolonging, extending through space and time.
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μακροθυμία G3115 patience
Pronunciation makrothymía
Steadfast forbearance under provocation or hardship; God's restraint from judgment despite human sin.
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What does מְמֻשָּׁכָה (memushakhah) mean in the Bible?

מָשַׁךְ · μακροθυμία is a Hebrew word meaning "drawn out, prolonged".

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Meaning

drawn out, prolonged
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 14×
Participle active Isa 5:18 · Isa 66:19 · Judg 5:14 · Ps 109:12
Perfect 1Kgs 22:34 · 2Chr 18:33 · Hos 7:5 · Deut 21:3
Sequential imperfect Exod 12:21 · Ezek 32:20 · Ps 36:11
Imperfect Job 40:25 · Ps 85:6 · Job 21:33
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject
Participle passive Isa 18:2 · Isa 18:7 · Prov 13:12
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action
Imperfect Ezek 12:25 · Ezek 12:28 · Isa 13:22
Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 20 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form
Imperfect 6 Perfect 4 Participle 4 Imperative 3 Participle passive 3
Stem
Qal 14 Niphal 3 Pual 3
Mood
Indicative/jussive 6 Indicative 4 Imperative 3

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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