matsa · drain, squeeze out

What it means

matsa (מָצָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drain, squeeze out”.

Squeeze out, wring out until all the liquid is gone; drain.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To wring out the liquid by pressing; also, to drink a cup to the bottom.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• shall be drained out ×2
• are drained ×1
• drain it ×1
• he wrung out ×1
• they will drain ×1
• you drained ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×2
• Judges×1
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Leviticus 1:15

  The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the wall of the altar.

• Leviticus 5:9

  He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the wall of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering.

• Judges 6:38

  And it was so. He rose early the next day and squeezed the fleece, and he wrung out dew from the fleece, a full bowl of water.

• Psalms 73:10

  Therefore his people turn here, and waters in abundance are drained by them.

• Psalms 75:8

  For a cup is in the hand of YHWH, and the wine foams, full of mixture; and he pours out from it; surely its dregs they will drain; all the wicked of the earth will drink.

• Isaiah 51:17

  Rouse yourself, rouse yourself, stand up, Jerusalem, who drank from the hand of YHWH the cup of his fury; the goblet of the cup of reeling you drank, you drained.

• Ezekiel 23:34

  And you will drink it and drain it, and its shards you will gnaw, and your breasts you will tear, for I have spoken, declares Adonai YHWH.