H4901 H4901
drawing up, trail; effort required to obtain or carry something valuable
This nuanced noun conveys two related images involving extension or trailing. In Job, it describes the effort required to 'draw up' or obtain wisdom—like fishing something precious from the depths, wisdom cannot be secured as easily as corals from the sea. In Psalm 126, it depicts the trail of seed carried by the sower, the precious burden borne through tears in hope of harvest. Both uses suggest purposeful movement and the value of what is drawn or carried.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Appears in Job 28:18 (the 'drawing up' or acquisition of wisdom) and Psalm 126:6 (the 'trail of seed' borne by the weeping sower). The multilingual evidence shows semantic range: English distinguishes 'acquisition' from 'trail', Spanish 'adquisición'/'saco', but both capture the sense of something drawn out or extended with effort and purpose. 2×
AR["كيسَ-", "وَ-اقتِناءُ"]·ben["এবং-খরচ", "থলির-"]·DE["[ומשך]", "trail-of"]·EN["and-acquisition-of", "trail-of"]·FR["de-tirer", "et-ומשך"]·heb["ו-משך", "משך"]·HI["और-कीमत", "बोरा"]·ID["dan-memperoleh", "kantong-"]·IT["[משך]", "e-e-acquisition-of"]·jav["gendongan-", "lan-regèn"]·KO["그리고-끌어내는-것이", "뿌릴"]·PT["a-semente", "e-o-adquirir"]·RU["и-приобретение", "мешок-"]·ES["el-saco-de", "y-adquisición-de"]·SW["mfuko-wa", "na-bei-ya"]·TR["ve-elde-etmek", "çuvalde-"]·urd["اور-قیمت", "تھیلا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. [מֶ֫שֶׁךְ] n.[m.] a drawing, drawing up, a trail;— 1. cstr. מֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִים Jb 28:18 the drawing up (fishing up, i.e. securing after effort) of wisdom is beyond corals. 2. cstr. a trail (of seed), מֶ׳ הַזָּ֑רַע ψ 126:6 bearing the trail of seed; cf. מָשַׁךְ 6.