H4864. maseth
מַשְׂאֵת noun feminine uprising, utterance, burden, portion (on formation compare Ol§ 109 a Sta§ 272 b Köii. 1, 183; Phoenician (Pun) has משאת = payment, tax see Lzb326); — absolute ׳מ [Judg 20:40] +; construct מַשְׂאַת [Gen 43:34] +; plural absolute מַשְׂאֹת [43:34], + (probably) מַשְׂאוֺת [Lam 2:14] (see below); construct מַשְׂאֹת [Gen 43:34]; —
1 that which rises, uprising, uplifting:
a. ׳מ הֶעָשָׁן [Judg 20:38] uprising of smoke, compare (׳הֶע omitted) [20:40].
b. in General = signal [Jer 6:1] (= נֵס Gf.).
c. uplifting of hands (כַּמַּי) in prayer [Psa 141:2] (|| תְּפִלָּה).
2 utterance, oracle (= III. מַשָּׂא), [Lam 2:14] (Bu Löhr).
3 burden [Zeph 3:18] (of reproach, figurative).
4. a. portion (carried to some one), especially from table of king or superior, [Gen 43:34] (3 t. in verse) (J; on custom see Di and references), [2Sam 11:8]; so read perhaps also [19:43] (for נִשֵּׂאת ᵑ0) Gr HPS.
b. perhaps also more Generally, present, largess from a superior [Jer 40:5] ( + אֲרֻחָה food-allowance), [Est 2:18] (הַמֶּלֶךְ כְּיַד).
c. exacted or enforced gift, from inferior, ׳מ בַּר [Amos 5:11] (compare Phoenician above; see also מנחה).
d. sacred contribution, tax ׳מ משֶׁה (׳י) עֶבֶד[2Chr 24:6], [9].
e. offering to ׳י [Ezek 20:40].