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msh, mstˀ (messā, messəṯā) n.f. measure, as much as, enough for
1
measure, as much as
OfAEg-inf, OfAEg, Syr, LJLA
TAD A2.2 R.4↗ מסת כספה זי הוה בידי‏ : as much silver as I had in hand ; TAD C3.9 R210↗ text not cited ; PJ Lev27:8↗ ואין מסכן הוא ממיסת עילוייה‏ : if he is poorer than the amount of his evaluation
(1)
כמסת : as many as : see s.v. kmst
OfAPer, LJLA
(2)
מסת X a time expression בX : full amount time after time
LJLA
TgIIChron 8:13↗ ובמסת יומא ביומיה‏ : with each day's full amount ; TgIIChron 24:5↗ וכנושו מן כל ישראל כספא לתקפא ית בית מקדשא דייי אלהכון מסת שנא בשנא‏ : yearly collect whatever silver is needed from all of Israel to strengthen the Lord your God's Temple
2
portion
Syr, LJLA
AphDem23.495:5↗ ܡܣܬ ܟܘܒܫܐ ܕܪ̈ܓܠܝܟ‏ ; TgJob36:18↗ דלמא יטענך במסת מזלא‏ : lest he lead you astray by the astrological portion [MT: פֶּן־יְסִיתְךָ בְסָפֶק : i.e., by a dubious fortune]
3
as prep.: messaṯ: for, according to
Syr
AGnEx 14.12↗ ܡܣܬ ܬܘܪܣܝܗ ܗܘ ܓܝܪ ܕܝܡܐ ܟܝܠܐ ܕܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܢܚܬܝܢ ܠܗ‏ : for the amount of the provisioning of the sea is the size of the rivers that flow into it ; P Num6:21↗ ܐܝܟ ܡܣܬ ܢܕܪܐ ܕܢܕܪ‏ : in accordance with the vow that he vowed
(1)
enough for
JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
TgO Ex36:7↗ וְעִיבִידְתָא הְוָת מִיסָת לְכֹל עְבִידְתָא לְמַעְבַד יָתַה וִיתַרַת‏ : the work was enough to do the entire project and more ; Lag(384) John14:8↗ ܐܘܕܥ ܠܢ ܐܒܐ ܘܡܝܣܬ݁ܢ‏ : show us the father, and it is enough for us ; SamTgJ Deut16:10↗ מסת רעבת אדיך‏ : as much as you can afford [lit.: the full amount of the breadth of your hands] ; P Ex12:4↗ ܡܣܬ ܡܐܟܠܗ‏ : enough for its meal ; PsS 5:19↗ ܕܡܣܬܗ ܓܝܪ ܢܬܝܬܪ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܕܢ݂ܚܛܐ ܠܗ‏ : a person gets more than enough for him so that he sins ; MG 30:131.1.20↗ ליה מיסתיה דלא שקלינן מניה‏ : is it not enough for them that we do not take (it) away from them? ; TgJob6:7↗ והות מסתייא לסעודתי‏ : it was enough for my meal [MT הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי, i.e. understanding the BH as if from כְּדֵי] ; TgIChron 21:27↗ ואמר ייי למלאכא מחבלא מסתייך ואתיב סייפיה ללדנה‏ : the Lord said to the destroyer angel: That's enough! So he returned his sword to its sheath
(1)
מסתה : adv.: in and of itself, alone
Sam
Marqe 1.18↗ מלאכיה דאתחזו לזכאי ליתון אלא לקבל שעה מסתה‏ : the angels who appeared to the righteous were only there for about one hour alone
4
it is enough; enough!
JLAtg, Gal, LJLA
TgJ Is66:24↗ מִיסָת חְזֵינָא‏ : we have seen enough! ; TgJ Mal3:10↗ עַד דְתֵימְרוּן מִיסַת‏ : until they say: enough! ; EchR[1]11(15)↗ הא מיסתא דכולא בישא‏ : that's enough; it's all bad! ; TgEsth103:7↗ ומיסת הוי לעקתא ההיא‏ : that is enough for that trouble!
(1)
_٠ לאמסתיא: it is not enough for...
Gal, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Hos1:2tos↗ text not cited ; BR 131:4(2)↗ לא מסתיה דההוא גברא עקתיה‏ : that man's trouble is not enough for him ; KohR[1]13:2(11)↗ מתלא אמ׳ לא מיסתיא מובד דידיה אלא דחורנין מוביד‏ : the proverb says: it is not enough that he loses his own but he loses that of others ; TgTosPr Hos.2:1↗ ולא מסתיה דלא בעי רחמין קדמי‏ : it was not sufficient for him just to pray to Me †
5
conj. : in order that, as far as
Syr
IS (Lucian):ܒ:6 ܡܣܬ ܕܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܘܡ ܐܢܫ ܢܬܬܚܕ ܒܗ݀‏ : in order, then, that no one ever be caught up in it ; M.b.Serapion 48:18↗ ܡܣܬ ܕܠܐ ܬܪܓܙ‏ : to the extent that you do not anger
6
תחת מסתא : under age(?), dependent person (?)
OfAEg
TAD C3.9 R210↗ ٠٠ בר]ת פחפי [אנת]תה נשן רבה [٠٠٠٠٠]ף ברה תחת מסתא [٠٠٠٠٠]ס ברה תחת מסתא‏ : [PN1] daughter of PN2 his [wi]fe, a great lady, [PN]3 his minor son, [PN]4 his minor son
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LJLA with pronominal suffixes usually with intervening yodh, e.g. מסתייך "that's enough!"
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