Lexicon
מַאֲמָץ
ma.a.mats
H3981
H:N-M Hebrew

power

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Hebrew
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ma.a.mats denotes strength or resources invoked in a question about escaping distress.

The attested use places the term among the strength or resources considered unable to keep someone from distress.

Senses in use

  1. Strength or resources against distress · dominant

    In Job 36:19, the construct masculine plural form occurs in a question about whether a cry for help, or every available strength, can keep a person from distress; the APB renders the clause "or all the force of your strength?"

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 36:19, the APB presents the clause as "all the force of your strength,".

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