H3988. ma

'ac I. [מָאַס‎] verb reject (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מְאַס‎ reject, despise; Ba^{ES 15} compare (dubious) Arabic lightly esteem (Kam.); Assyrian ma°âsu is perhaps destroy Meissn^{Suppl. 55}); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָאַס‎ Isaiah 8:6 4t; suffix מְאָסָם‎ Psalm 53:6; 2masculine singular מָאַסְתָּ‎ Jeremiah 14:19 3t.; מָאַסְתָּה‎ Judges 9:38; 1 Samuel 15:26 22t. Perfect; Imperfect יִמְאַס‎ Job 8:20 3t; יִמְאָ֑ס‎ Psalm 36:5; Job 36:5; suffix וַיִּמְאָֽסְךָ‎ 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; for וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ‎ Hosea 4:6 (so Baer, compare De^{Complut. Var. 18 f.}; not ׳וָא‎ van d. H) read וְאֶמְאסְךָ‎; 3 masculine plural יִמְאֲסוּ‎ Jeremiah 6:19 2t.; יִמְאָס֑וּן‎ Isaiah 31:7; 12t. Imperfect; Infinitive absolute מָאוֺס‎ 7:15-16, מָאֹס‎ Jeremiah 14:19; Lamentations 5:22; cstr. מָֽאָסְכֶם‎ Isaiah 30:12; מָאֳסָם‎ Amos 2:4; Participle מוֺאֵס‎ Proverbs 15:32; מֹאֵס‎ Isaiah 33:15, feminine מֹאֶסֶת‎ Ezekiel 21:15 (text dubious, Co מוֺאֲסֵי‎; Berthol וּמְאַסֵּף‎), 21:18 (also dubious, Co מִטֻּמְאָתָס‎; Berthol מְאַסֵּף‎); —

1 reject, refuse,

a. with accusative: God rejects men Hosea 4:6; 9:17; 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; 16:1, 7; 2 Kings 23:27; Jeremiah 7:29; 14:19 (twice in verse); 33:24, 26; Leviticus 26:44 (H), Psalm 53:6; Job 8:20; 10:3; Lamentations 5:22 (twice in verse); וַתִּמְאָס זָנַחְתָּ‎ Psalm 89:39; men reject God Numbers 11:20 (J), 1 Samuel 8:7; 10:19; men 8:7; Job 30:1; idols Isaiah 31:7, evil Psalm 36:5, knowledge Hosea 4:6, divine תורה‎ Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:24; דבר‎ 1 Samuel 15:23, 26, חקות‎ Exodus 20:24, חקים‎2 Kings 17:15; מוסר‎ Job 5:17; Proverbs 3:11; variant reading things Isaiah 8:6; Ezekiel 21:15; Psalm 118:22; Job 31:13.

b. with בְ‎ God rejects men 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 6:30; 31:37; Psalm 78:59; 78:67, that in which man confides Jeremiah 2:37; men reject evil Isaiah 7:15-16, divine תורה‎ Jeremiah 6:19, דבר‎ Isaiah 30:12; Jeremiah 8:9 חקות‎ Leviticus 26:15 (H); משׁפטים‎ 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6; 20:13, 16; variant reading things, Numbers 14:31 (J) Isaiah 33:15; Jeremiah 4:30; Psalm 106:24.

2 despise, with accusative, God subject חגיכם מאסתי שׂנאתי‎ Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts; elsewhere men subject מ עוילים ׳גם בי‎ Job 19:18 even young children despise me; ׳אמ חיי‎ 9:21 I despise my life, compare נפשׁוֺ מואס‎ Proverbs 15:32; מ אשׁר העם זה ׳הלא בוֺ‎ Judges 9:38 is not this the people that thou despisedst? עָרִים׳מ‎ Isaiah 33:8; object omitted Job 7:16 (< join to preceding Me Siegf Du); 34:33; 36:5; 42:6 (ᵑ6‎ Siegf אֶשְׁתֹּק‎; ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ Symm Bö אֶמָּאֵס‎) Ezekiel 21:18 (but see above). —

Niph`al be rejected: Imperfect תִּמָּאֵם‎ Isaiah 54:6 (wife); Participle נִמְאָס‎ Jeremiah 6:30 (silver), Psalm 15:4 ( = reprobate; opposed to י ׳יִרְאֵי‎); + feminine נִמְאֶסֶת נִמְאָסָה,‎ 1 Samuel 15:9 rejected, i.e. worthless (for HCT נָמֵם‎) according to We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS ("" נמבזה‎, read נִבְזָה‎; compareבזה מסס,‎

Niph`al )

II. [מָאַס‎] verb Niph`al flow, run (Aramaic id., but rare and dubious; — secondary form of מסס‎ q. v.); — Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּמָּאֵס‎ Job 7:5 my skin hath hardened and run (i. e. again, afresh; > GHoffm Du read וַיִּמַּס‎, Bu וַיִּמָּאס‎, √ מסס‎); 3 masculine plural יִמָּֽאֲסוּ מַיִם כְּמוֺ‎ Psalm 58:8 (figurative of annihilation of wicked).

[מַאֲפֶה‎] see אפה‎.

מַאְמֵּלְיָה מַאֲפֵל,‎, see אפל‎.

מאץ‎

(compare Arabic a kind of white camel, whence Lag^{BN 29} proposes מָאֹץ‎ for the difficult אָמֹץ‎ (אֲמֻצִּים‎) Zechariah 6:3, 7).