A primitive root; 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.) -- draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, X give, handle, make (pro-, sound)long, X sow, scatter, stretch out.
H4900. mashak
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.); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳מ 1 Kings 22:34 2t., וּמָשַׁךְ consecutive Job 24:22; 3feminine singular מָֽשְׁכָה Deuteronomy 21:3, etc.; Imperfect יִמְשׁוֺךְ Job 21:33; וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ Judges 20:37; 2masculine singular suffix תִּמְשְׁכֵנִי Psalm 28:3; 1singular suffix אֶמְשְׁכֵם Hosea 11:4, etc.; Imperative מְשֹׁךְ Psalm 36:11, suffix מָשְׁכֵנִי Song of Solomon 1:4; masculine plural מִשְׁכוּ Exodus 12:21, מָשְׁכוּ Ezekiel 32:20; Infinitive construct מְשֹׁךְ Exodus 19:13; Joshua 6:5, לִמְשׁוֺךְ Ecclesiastes 2:3; Participle משֵׁךְ Amos 9:13; Psalm 109:12; plural משְׁכִים Judges 5:14; construct משְׁכֵי Isaiah 5:18; 66:19; —
1 draw and lift out of (מִן), with accusative of person, הַבּוֺר מִן אֶתיֿוֺסֵף וַיַּעֲלוּ וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ Genesis 37:28 (E), so Jeremiah (+ ב בַּחֲבָלִים, instrumental) Jeremiah 38:13; compare בְּחַכָּה לִוְיָתָן תִּמְשֹׁךְ Job 40:25; draw, drag along הֵשָּׁוְא בְּחַבְלֵי עָוֺן משְׁכֵי Isaiah 5:18 (figurative); בְּרִשְׁתּוֺ בְּמָשְׁכוֺ Psalm 10:9 (figurative of wicked catching and dragging the poor); draw, lead along (with hostile purpose) with accusative of person Judges 4:7 (subject ׳י; + אֶלֿ person and thing); lead or drag off (to doom, subject ׳י) Psalm 28:3 (compare 26:9); similarly, or = draw down to death, וגו אוֺתָהּ ׳מָשְׁכוּ Ezekiel 32:20 (si vera lectio; reference to fall of Egypt), but read perhaps a form of שׁכב for ᵐ5 משׁכו, Co Berthol, compare Sm.; absolute, subject heifer, בְּעוֺל מָֽשְׁכָה Deuteronomy 21:3 (ב instrumental); draw, lead (in love), (figurative, subject ׳י) אֶמְשְׁכֵם אָדָם בְּחַבְלֵי Hosea 11:4, compare Jeremiah 31:3 (al. as
5 below)
2 draw the bow, ׳מ בַּקֶּשֶׁת 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33, but ק ׳משְׁכֵי Isaiah 66:19 (where text dubious, ᵐ5 Μοσοχ καὶ εἰς(θΩβελ), so Lo StaJavan 8 Du CheHpt, — not Gr CheComm Di).
3 proceed, march (compare German ziehen) תָּבוֺר בְּהַר וּמָשַׁכְתָָּ֫ Judges 4:6; compare 20:37 (absolute), Job 21:33 (אַחֲרָיו); so also (perhaps) Exodus 12:21 proceed (i.e. forthwith), and take you a sheep; and probably בְּשֵׁבֶט משְׁכִים Judges 5:14 those marching with the staff, etc. (most under
2 drawing with, i.e. wielding).
4 draw out a sound, give a sound, הַיֹּבֵל בִּמְשֹׁךְ Exodus 19:13 (E) when the ram ('s horn) sounds, בִּמ ׳הַיֹּבֵל בְּקֶרֶן Joshua 6:5 (JE).
5 draw out, prolong, continue, לְֹידְעֶיךָ חַסְדְּךָ מְשֹׁח Psalm 36:10 prolong, continue thy kindness to them that know thee; חֶסֶד משֵׁךְ לוֺ אַליְֿהִי 109:12; (so possibly חָ֑סֶד מְשַׁכְתִּיךָ Jeremiah 31:3 I have prolonged kindness to thee, compare Ryle Nehemiah 9:30; and elsewhere as
1 above); compare רַבּוֺת ׳וַתִּמ שָׁנִים עֲלֶיהֶם Nehemiah 9:30 (חֶסֶד omitted); ׳תִּמ וָדֹר לְדֹר אַמְּךָ Neh 85:6 ("" בָּנוּ תֶּאֱנַף הַלְעוֺלָם); ׳וּמ בְּכֹחוֺ אַבִּירִים Job 24:22 i.e. he (God) prolongeth the life of the mighty (Du draggeth them off, as Psalm 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 עֲנָבִים דָֹּרֵךְ; compare מֶשֶׁךְ below)
7 (late) cheer (draw, attract, gratify) אֶתבְּֿשָׂרִי ׳מ בַּיַּיִן Ecclesiastes 2:3, — so De (who cites Late Hebrew, Chag14a) Now Wild. — אֶתלֹּֿצֲצִים יָדוֺ מָשַׁךְ Hosea 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 Imperfect3masculine plural יִמָּשֵׁ֑כוּ לֹא Isaiah 13:22 they shall not be prolonged (days of Babylon); 3 feminine singular תִּמָּשֵׁךְ לֹא Ezekiel 12:25, 28 it shall not be postponed.
Pu`al Participle long drawn out: מְמֻשָּׁךְ Isaiah 18:2, 7 of persons, = tall; מְמֻשָּׁכָה תֹּחֶלֶת Proverbs 13:12 hope postponed, deferred.