מוּשׁ
mush
to feel
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "mush" (H4184) is a verb that means "to feel." It is used three times in the Bible, indicating its relatively limited but important range of usage. The word likely conveys a sense of physical or emotional sensation, such as feeling pain, pleasure, or a physical sensation. The significance of "mush" lies in its potential to describe human experiences that are often beyond verbal expression. By using this word, the biblical authors may be highlighting the complexity and richness of human emotions and sensations. Further research into the contexts in which "mush" is used could provide more insight into its specific meanings and connotations. Given its limited occurrences, "mush" is not a central concept in the biblical narrative, but its presence suggests that the authors valued the importance of human experience and emotion in their descriptions of the world.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
Genesis 27:21Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
Judges 16:26and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them.”