ma.shakh denotes pulling or bringing objects and people along, with uses for extended duration and drawing persons by love.

Its most visible use is for pulling, bringing, or drawing an object or person along, including drawing someone up from a pit and drawing a bow. Other clauses use it for time or hope being extended or delayed, and for drawing people into a relationship, association, or course of action.

1. Pulling or bringing an object or person along · dominant

   Qal forms describe concrete movement by pulling or drawing: in Genesis 37:28 the APB renders the traders' action as “drew Joseph up” from the pit, and in Jeremiah 38:13 it renders the men drawing Jeremiah up with ropes. The same tangible action appears when a man draws a bow in 1 Kings 22:34 and when an imperative calls for drawing something in Ezekiel 32:20.

   Genesis 37:28Jeremiah 38:131 Kings 22:34Ezekiel 32:20Psalm 10:9Isaiah 66:19
2. Being extended or delayed · common

   Passive forms portray something as drawn out over time. In Ezekiel 12:25 and Ezekiel 12:28 the APB renders the clauses with words that will not be “postponed” or “delayed,” while Proverbs 13:12 speaks of hope “drawn out.”

   Ezekiel 12:25Ezekiel 12:28Proverbs 13:12Isaiah 13:22Nehemiah 9:30
3. Drawing persons or matters into a relation · occasional

   Qal forms can place persons or abstract matters in a directed relation: Hosea 11:4 speaks of drawing with “cords of love,” and Jeremiah 31:3 of drawing with lovingkindness. In Psalm 28:3 the speaker asks not to be drawn with the wicked, while Isaiah 5:18 depicts people drawing iniquity with cords.

   Hosea 11:4Jeremiah 31:3Psalm 28:3Isaiah 5:18Song of Songs 1:4Judges 4:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the action with “drew,” including drawing Joseph and Jeremiah upward, and uses “drawn out,” “postponed,” and “delayed” where the clause concerns extension in time. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, its varied English wording does not by itself define the term.