מָצָה
ma.tsah
“to drain”
Definition
to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out
a primitive root;
- to drain, drain out 1a) (Qal) to drain, drain out 1b) (Niphal) to be drained out
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Occurrences
מָצָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
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Awake, awake!Rise up, O Jerusalem,you who have drunk from the hand of the LORDthe cup of His fury;you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.
then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
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