מַשָּׂא

מַשָּׂא
מַשָּׂאm (b. h.; נָשָׂא) 1) carrying. Kel. I, 1 מטמאין במ׳ make the carrier unclean. Ib. 3 ששוה מַגָּעוֹ למַשָּׂאוֹ the touch of which has the same effect as the carrying of it; a. fr. 2) מ׳ ומתָּן carrying and giving, business, dealings; worldly affairs; intercourse. Sabb.120a במ׳ ומ׳ in worldly affairs, opp. בדברי תורה. Kidd.35a איש דבר מ׳ ומ׳ a man (has the protection of the law) because he is engaged in business. Yoma 86a מַשָּׂאוֹ ומַתָּנוֹוכ׳ his dealings with men; a. fr.Kidd.30b כל משאו ומתנו בך he (the tempter) will always be busy with thee. 3) burden. Tanḥ. Bmidb. 2, v. מַשּׂוֹא.Trnsf. burden of prophecy. Gen. R. s. 44 עשרה לשונות נקראת נבואה … מ׳וכ׳ prophecy goes by ten names: ‘vision … ‘burden ; ib. רבנן אמרי מ׳ כמשמעווכ׳ the Rabbis say, the severest of all is massa, as its name indicates (burden) ; Cant. R. to III, 4; a. e.Pl. מַשָּׂאוֹת. Gitt.71a מ׳ ומתנות business transactions.

Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. . 1903.

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