ma.sah describes causing something to melt, including a people's heart and what leads to flowing waters.

The attested forms describe causing something to melt: Joshua 14:8 concerns the people's heart, while Psalm 147:18 places the action before waters flow; the supplied translation does not clearly isolate the term's contribution in Psalm 39:12 or Psalm 6:7.

1. Causing something to melt · dominant

   All four occurrences are Hiphil verb forms. In Joshua 14:8 the APB renders the result as the people's heart being made to “melt,” and in Psalm 147:18 it renders the action as “melts them” before “the waters flow.” Psalm 39:12 and Psalm 6:7 also contain Hiphil forms, though the supplied APB clauses do not clearly identify a corresponding English expression for the term.

   Joshua 14:8Psalm 147:18Psalm 39:12Psalm 6:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “melt” in Joshua 14:8 and Psalm 147:18. In Psalm 6:7 it says “wastes away,” while Psalm 39:12 does not visibly isolate the term in the supplied translation.