נָשָׂא
to lift
also: bear up, carry, take fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘lift’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be lifted up’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘lift up = exalt’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause one to bear iniquity’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H5375 appears in the Book of Ezekiel — 68 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 1:19 וּ/בְ/הִנָּשֵׂ֤א יִנָּשְׂא֖וּ conj + prep + Niphal inf.cs Niphal impf 3mp When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
- Ezekiel 1:20 יִנָּשְׂאוּ֙ Niphal impf 3mp Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
- Ezekiel 1:21 וּֽ/בְ/הִנָּשְׂאָ֞/ם יִנָּשְׂא֤וּ conj + prep + Niphal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Niphal impf 3mp When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
- Ezekiel 3:12 וַ/תִּשָּׂאֵ֣/נִי conj + Qal wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Yahweh from his place.
- Ezekiel 3:14 נְשָׂאַ֖תְ/נִי Qal pf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me.
- Ezekiel 4:4 תִּשָּׂ֖א Qal impf 2ms Moreover lie you on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; [according to] the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 4:5 וְ/נָשָׂ֖אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days: so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 4:6 וְ/נָשָׂ֖אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
- Ezekiel 8:3 וַ/תִּשָּׂ֣א conj + Qal wimpf 3fs He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner [court] that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
- Ezekiel 8:5 שָׂא וָ/אֶשָּׂ֤א Qal impv 2ms conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and see, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
- Ezekiel 10:7 וַ/יִּשָּׂא֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took [of it], and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
- Ezekiel 10:16 וּ/בִ/שְׂאֵ֨ת conj + prep + Qal inf.cs When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn't turn from beside them.
- Ezekiel 10:19 וַ/יִּשְׂא֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- Ezekiel 11:1 וַ/תִּשָּׂ֨א conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
- Ezekiel 11:22 וַ/יִּשְׂא֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- Ezekiel 11:24 נְשָׂאַ֗תְ/נִי Qal pf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
- Ezekiel 12:6 תִּשָּׂא֙ Qal impf 2ms In their sight shall you bear it on your shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, that you don't see the land: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 12:7 נָשָׂ֖אתִי Qal pf 1cs I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for removing, and in the even I dug through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bore it on my shoulder in their sight.
- Ezekiel 12:12 יִשָּׂא֙ Qal impf 3ms The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
- Ezekiel 14:10 וְ/נָשְׂא֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks [to him];
- Ezekiel 16:52 שְׂאִ֣י וּ/שְׂאִ֣י Qal impv 2fs conj + Qal impv 2fs You also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.
- Ezekiel 16:54 תִּשְׂאִ֣י Qal impf 2fs that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.
- Ezekiel 16:58 נְשָׂאתִ֑י/ם Qal pf 2fs + sfx pers 3mp You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 17:8 וְ/לָ/שֵׂ֣את conj + prep + Qal inf.cs It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
- Ezekiel 17:9 לְ/מַשְׂא֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots of it.
- Ezekiel 17:14 הִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א Hithpael inf.cs that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
- Ezekiel 17:23 וְ/נָשָׂ֤א conj + Qal wpf 3ms in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches of it shall they dwell.
- Ezekiel 18:6 נָשָׂ֔א Qal pf 3ms and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,
- Ezekiel 18:12 נָשָׂ֣א Qal pf 3ms has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
- Ezekiel 18:15 נָשָׂ֔א Qal pf 3ms who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,
- Ezekiel 18:19 נָשָׂ֥א Qal pf 3ms Yet say you, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
- Ezekiel 18:20 יִשָּׂ֣א יִשָּׂא֙ Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
- Ezekiel 19:1 שָׂ֣א Qal impv 2ms Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- Ezekiel 20:5 וָ/אֶשָּׂ֣א וָ/אֶשָּׂ֨א conj + Qal wimpf 1cs conj + Qal wimpf 1cs and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;
- Ezekiel 20:6 נָשָׂ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
- Ezekiel 20:15 נָשָׂ֧אתִי Qal pf 1cs Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
- Ezekiel 20:23 נָשָׂ֧אתִי Qal pf 1cs Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
- Ezekiel 20:28 נָשָׂ֨אתִי֙ Qal pf 1cs For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink-offerings.
- Ezekiel 20:31 וּ/בִ/שְׂאֵ֣ת conj + prep + Qal inf.cs and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;
- Ezekiel 20:42 נָשָׂ֨אתִי֙ Qal pf 1cs You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
- Ezekiel 23:27 תִשְׂאִ֤י Qal impf 2fs Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution [brought] from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.
- Ezekiel 23:35 שְׂאִ֥י Qal impv 2fs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also your lewdness and your prostitution.
- Ezekiel 23:49 תִּשֶּׂ֑אינָה Qal impf 2fp They shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols; and you shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 26:17 וְ/נָשְׂא֨וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall take up a lamentation over you, and tell you, How are you destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!
- Ezekiel 27:2 שָׂ֥א Qal impv 2ms You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
- Ezekiel 27:32 וְ/נָשְׂא֨וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, [saying], Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
- Ezekiel 28:12 שָׂ֥א Qal impv 2ms Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
- Ezekiel 29:15 תִתְנַשֵּׂ֥א Hithpael impf 3fs It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
- Ezekiel 29:19 וְ/נָשָׂ֨א conj + Qal wpf 3ms Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
- Ezekiel 32:2 שָׂ֤א Qal impv 2ms Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him, You were likened to a young lion of the nations: yet are you as a monster in the seas; and you did break forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.
- Ezekiel 32:24 וַ/יִּשְׂא֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezekiel 32:25 וַ/יִּשְׂא֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of those who are slain.
- Ezekiel 32:30 וַ/יִּשְׂא֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezekiel 33:25 תִּשְׂא֥וּ Qal impf 2mp Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land?
- Ezekiel 34:29 יִשְׂא֥וּ Qal impf 3mp I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
- Ezekiel 36:6 נְשָׂאתֶֽם Qal pf 2mp Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
- Ezekiel 36:7 נָשָׂ֣אתִי יִשָּֽׂאוּ Qal pf 1cs Qal impf 3mp therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I have sworn, [saying], Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.
- Ezekiel 36:8 תִּשְׂא֖וּ Qal impf 2mp But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.
- Ezekiel 36:15 תִשְׂאִי Qal impf 2fs neither will I let you hear any more the shame of the nations, neither shall you bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shall you cause your nation to stumble any more, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 38:13 לָ/שֵׂ֣את prep + Qal inf.cs Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall tell you, Are you come to take the spoil? have you assembled your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?
- Ezekiel 39:10 יִשְׂא֨וּ Qal impf 3mp so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 39:26 וְ/נָשׂוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;
- Ezekiel 43:5 וַ/תִּשָּׂאֵ֣/נִי conj + Qal wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
- Ezekiel 44:10 וְ/נָשְׂא֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 44:12 נָשָׂ֨אתִי וְ/נָשְׂא֖וּ Qal pf 1cs conj + Qal wpf 3cp Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord Yahweh, and they shall bear their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 44:13 וְ/נָֽשְׂאוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
- Ezekiel 45:11 לָ/שֵׂ֕את prep + Qal inf.cs The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure of it shall be after the homer.
- Ezekiel 47:14 נָשָׂ֨אתִי֙ Qal pf 1cs You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
נשא — transliterated nâsâʼ — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to lift.” Its English rendering has broadened — “lifted up” classically, “lift up” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 609 verses in 37 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 4:13. As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 5 stems (Qal, Niphal, and more). Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5375 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 609
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 609 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #74
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 74 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 609 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 609 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 302 verses · 50%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 158 verses · 26%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 149 verses · 24%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Lifted up 34×, Bear 30×, Lift up 29×
- American Standard Version: Lifted up 30×, Bare 29×, Lift up 27×
- Berean Standard Bible: Lift up 23×, Armor-bearer 18×, Carry 14×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Lift up 60×, And 44×, Lifted 24×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5375 across 647 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 240 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 7 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5375 across 644 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 249 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5375 across 640 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 272 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 15 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5375 across 764 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 197 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
35 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 35 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. נ׳ Gn 13:6 +; 2 ms. נָשָׂאתָ 1 K 2:26 +, נָשָׂאתָה Nu 14:19, sf. נְשָׂאתַ֫נִי ψ 102:11; 2 fs. sf. נְשָׂאתִים Ez 16:58; 3 pl. נָֽשְׂאוּ 2 S 18:28 +, נָשׂוּא ψ 139:20, וְנָשׂוּ consec. Ez 39:26, sf. נְשָׂאוּם 2 Ch 12:11, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשָּׂא Gn 32:21 +, וַיִּשָּׂא 13:10 +, sf. יִשָּׂאֵהוּ Dt 32:11 +; 3 mpl. יִשְׂאוּ Ho 4:8 +, יִשָּׂ֑אוּ Hb 2:6 +, וַיִּשְׂאוּ Ju 2:4 +; sf. יִשָּׂאֻנוּ Is 64:5; 3 fpl. תִּשֶּׂ֫נָה Je 9:17, וַתִּשֶּׂ֫אנָה Ru 1:9, וַתִּשֶּׂ֫נָה Zc 5:9; Ru 1:14; 2 fpl. תִּשֶּׂ֫אינָה Ez 23:49, etc.; Imv. ms. שָׂא Gn 13:14 +, נְשָׂא ψ 10:12, נְסָה 4:7; sf. שָׂאֵהוּ Nu 11:12; 2 K 4:19; fs. שְׂאִי Gn 21:18 +, etc.; Inf. abs. נָשׂוֹא Je 10:5, נָשׂא Ho 1:6 + 2 times; cstr. נְשׂא Is 1:14 + 2 times, שׂוֹא ψ 89:10 (read perhaps שְׁאוֹן roar Ri Bi Che, cf. Hi שׁוֹא), usually שְׂאֵת Gn 4:7 + sf. נָשְׂאִי ψ 28:2, שְׂאֵתִי Je 15:15 ψ 89:51, etc.; Aramaizing Inf. לְמַשְׂאוֹת Ez 17:9 (si vera l.; Co Berthol לְיוֹם שְׂאֵת); Pt. act. נֹשֵׁא Ex 34:7 +, f. נֹשְׁאֵת 1 K 10:22, נֹשֵׁאת Est 2:15, etc.; pass. cstr. נְשׂוּא Is 3:3 +, נְשׂוּי ψ 32:1, etc.— e.g. Genesis 13:6
- 1. lift, lift up:
- a. lit., c. acc. pers. vel rei; the flood lifts ark Gn 7:17 (J), י׳ lifts standard (נֵם) Is 5:26; 11:12 + (often sq. ל pers.), rod Is 10:26, c. עַל against v 24, נ׳ חֶרֶב אֶל־ Mi 4:3 = Is 2:4, etc.;—especially lift in order to hold, carry away, etc. Gn 21:18 (E), Ju 9:48; Am 6:10; 2 S 2:32; 4:4; 1 K 13:29; 2 K 9:25, 26 Ez 3:12, 14; 8:3; 11:24 +; lift up wings to fly Ez 10:16, 19; 11:22; †נ׳ רַגְלָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ Gn 29:1 he lifted up his feet and went; lift up, upon (על) Gn 31:17; 42:26 (both E), fig. Jb 31:36; נ׳ בְּמֹאזְנַיִם Jb 6:2 put a thing into scale; נ׳ בוֹ אָלָה put on him (require of him) an oath 1 K 8:31 = 2 Ch 6:22, so van d. H., 𝔊; correct MT נָשָׁא (Baer Ginsb), but sense hardly possible; אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י Jb 13:14 I will take up my flesh in my teeth (fig. for hazarding life). e.g. Genesis 7:17
- b. in many phr., lit. and fig., e.g.: (1) lift up hand; against (ב) 2 S 18:28; 20:21, c. לְ ψ 106:26; אֶל־ (as signal) Is 49:22; abs., in display of power ψ 10:12; freq. in oath (especially Ez P; of י׳; usually sq. inf., often + ל pers.) Ex 6:8; Nu 14:30; (both P), Ez 20:5(×2), 6, 15, 23, 28, 42; 36:7; 44:12; 47:14 Ne 9:15, + אֶל־שָׁמַיִם Dt 32:40 lift hand to heaven; in prayer (c. אֶל־) ψ 28:2 La 2:19, so (בְּשִׁמְךָ) ψ 63:5, abs. 134:2, and, remarkably, אֶל־מִצְוֹתֶיךָ 119:48; also fig. of the deep (תְּהוֹם) Hb 3:10; in blessing Lv 9:22 (P; c. אֶל). (2) lift up one’s head = shew boldness, independence Ju 8:28; Zc 2:4; Jb 10:15 ψ 83:3; of another = restore to honour Gn 40:13, 20 (E), but lift thy head from off thee (מֵעָלֶיךָ), v 19, by word-play;—+מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא 2 K 25:27 = Je 52:31; fig. of gates, lift up your heads ψ 24:7, 9. (3) lift up one’s face, countenance (פָּנִים), lit., 2 K 9:32 (אֶל־); sign of good conscience 2 S 2:22 (אֶל־), abs. Jb 11:15; of י׳, sign of favour, נ׳ פָּנָיו אֶל־ Nu 6:26 (P; form of benediction); cf. נ׳ אוֹר פָּנֶיךָ עַל־ ψ 4:7; especially lift up face of another (orig. prob. of one prosate in humility; opp. הֵשִׁיב פָּנִים repel), in various shades of meaning = grant a request Gn 19:21 (J; + לַּדָּבָר הַוֶּה), 1 S 25:35; 2 K 3:14 Jb 42:8, 9; = be gracious to, Gn 32:21 (E), Mal 1:8, 9 hence phr. נְשׂוּא פָנִים graciously received, held in honour †2 K 5:1 (of Naaman), and, as subst., honourable, eminent one Is 3:3; 9:14 (but del. as gloss), Jb 22:8†; = shew consideration for Dt 28:50 La 4:16; also in bad sense = be unduly influenced by Jb 32:21, and, specif., = shew partiality (towards) Dt 10:17 (denied of י׳), Lv 19:15 (H), Mal 2:9 (כַּתּוֹרָה), Jb 13:8, 10; 34:19; Pr 18:5 ψ 82:2 (syn. הִכִּיר פ׳); even נ׳ פְּנֵי כָל־כֹּפֶר Pr 6:35 i.e. regard any bribe. (4) lift up eyes, on high 2 K 19:22 = Is 37:23, cf. ψ 121:1 (אֶל־); לַשָּׁמַיִם Is 51:6 (‖ הִבִּיט אֶל־); sq. ה loc. Dt 3:27; 4:19 cf. Ez 8:5(×2); toward (אֶל־) idols Ez 18:6, 12, 15; 33:25, cf. 23:27; toward (אֶל־) י׳ ψ 123:1 (these with implied worship); נ׳ עֵינֶיהָ אֶל־ Gn 39:7 i.e. she gazed at him with desire; usually + vb. of seeing (35 times) Gn 13:10, 14; 18:2 + (Hex only JE), Is 40:26 (+ מָרוֹם), 49:18; 60:4 (both + סָבִיב), Je 3:2 (+ עַל־). (5) lift up voice (קוֹל), give (loud) utterance Is 52:8, of floods ψ 93:3, + and weep Gn 21:16 (E) 27:38; 29:11 (both J), Ju 2:4, + וַתָּשָּׂא וַיִּתְּנוּ אֶת־קוֹלָם וַיִּבְכּוּ Nu 14:1 (P), + 9 times; + יָרֹ֫נּוּ Is 24:14; + קָרָא Ju 9:7; קוֹל om. Is 3:7; 42:2, v 11 (‖ יָרֹ֫נּוּ); also (6) lift up (+ vb. of saying, usually אָמַר), often of formal and solemn utterance, נ׳ מָשָׁל Nu 23:7, 18; 24:3, 15, 20, 21, 23 Jb 27:1; 29:1 + עַל Mi 2:4; Hb 2:6; Is 14:4; ונשׂא־בוֹ אָלָה 1 K 8:31 and he shall lift up against him an oath = 2 Ch 6:22 (MT וְנָשָׂא v. Baer Ginsb, but sense difficult; read rather וְנָשָׂא); י׳ נ׳ עָלָיו הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה 2 K 9:25; נ׳ קִונָה, + עַל־ Je 7:29 Ez 26:17; 27:2; 28:12; 32:2, + אֶל־ 19:1; 27:32; lift up word Am 5:1 (על, + קִינָה); weeping Je 9:9 (עַל־); lamentation (נְהִי) v 17 (עַל־), reproach ψ 15:3 (עַל־). (7) lift up, take up = utter: name of י׳, לַשָּׁוְא Ex 20:7(×2) = Dt 5:11(×2) (Decalogue); cf. ψ 139:20 (read prob. שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Bö Ol Che Kau); בַּל־אֶשָּׂא שְׁמוֹתָם עַל־שְׂפָתָ֑י ψ 16:4; נ׳ בְּרִיתִי עֲלֵי־פִיךָ ψ 50:16; prob. also נ׳ שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא Ex 23:1 (E). (8) lift up prayer in behalf of (בְּעַד) † 2 K 19:4 = Is 37:4, Je 7:16; 11:14. (9) lift up soul (נֶפֶשׁ), i.e. direct the desire (נֶפֶשׁ 6 a) towards (אל) a thing, Dt 24:15 Pr 10:18, אֶל־עָוֹן Ho 4:8, לַשָּׁוְא ψ 24:4 (cf. Pi. and ii. מַשָּׂא 2); אֶל־י׳ ψ 25:1; 86:4 143:8, so the heart La 3:41. (10) take up (incur) sin, iniquity, (only HP) †Ex 28:43 Nu 18:22, c. עַל for Lv 19:17; 22:9 Nu 18:32 (cf. also 2 b). (11) of heart lifting one up, (inciting), Ex 35:21, 26; 36:2 (all P); of presumption 2 K 14:10 = 2 Ch 25:19.—MT appar. requires intrans. or reflex. meaning, lift oneself up, in foll., text dub. in all: Ho 13:1 read perhaps נָשִׂיא Oort We cf. Now; Na 1:5 Now (after Bi) וַתֵּשָׁא (read וַתֵּ֫שֶׁא? √ שׁאה); ψ 89:10 read שְׁאוֹן Bi Ri Che; Hb 1:3 יִשָּׂא queried by We Gr Buhl al., cf. GunkelSchöpfung 33. e.g. 2 Samuel 18:28
- 2. Bear, carry:
- a. lit., a load or burden (usually acc.) Gn 37:25; 44:1 (both J), 45:23(×2) (E), 1 S 10:3(×3) Je 10:5; 17:21, 27 +; subj. רוּחַ Ex 10:13 1 K 18:12; obj. armour נֹשֵׂא כֵלִים 1 S 14:1 + often S; weapons 1 Ch 5:18; 12:24 2 Ch 14:7(×2); La 3:27 (נ׳ עֹל fig.), Is 1:14 (fig., cf. d infr.); a load of care, responsibility Dt 1:9, 12; share a burden with נ׳ אֶת־ Ex 18:22 (E; no acc.); with ב׳, יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִי Jb 7:13 my bed shall carry at (help carry) my grief, Nu 11:17; take up and carry (idolatrous images) Am 5:26 Is 46:7; bear ephod, 1 S 2:28; 14:3 + v 18 (𝔊), 22:18 (v. Dr in HastDict. Bib. 726); in triumph Is 8:4. e.g. Genesis 37:25
- b. especially bear guilt, or punishment Gn 4:13 (J, עֲוֹנִי), often Ez HP: †נ׳ עָוֹן Lv 5:1, 17; 7:18 Nu 5:31; 14:34, cf. 15:31 (all P), Lv 17:16; 19:8; 20:17, 19 (H) Ez 14:10; 44:12 (cf. Hiph. Lv 22:16); נ׳ חֵטְא Lv 20:20; 24:15 (H) Nu 9:13 (P), cf. Ez 23:49; cf. נ׳ כְּלִמָּה 16:52(×2), נ׳ עֹנֶשׁ Pr 19:19, נ׳ abs. 9:12; נ׳ עֲוֹן … = be responsible for Ex 28:38 Nu 18:1(×2) cf. v 23; incur guilt Ex 28:43; = bear guilt for others Lv 10:17; 16:22 (of goat), Nu 30:16 (all P), Ez 4:4, 5, 6, cf. נ׳ זְנוּתֵיכֶם Nu 14:33; נ׳ חֵטְא Is 53:12, cf. נ׳ חֳלָיֵנוּ v 4; also נ׳ בַּעֲוֹן … bear at (share in), Ez 18:19, 20(×2). e.g. Genesis 4:13
- c. support, sustain, on (על) wings Ex 19:4 Dt 32:11 ψ 91:12 (all fig.); land could not support them Gn 13:6 (J), 36:7 (P). e.g. Exodus 19:4
- d. endure Je 15:15; 31:19 Ez 36:6 Jb 34:31 ψ 69:8; 88:16 Pr 18:14; 30:21; suffer, bear with, permit Jb 21:3. e.g. Jeremiah 15:15
- e. bear, carry, וַיִּשָּׂא מֵאֵת פָּנָיו אֲלֵהֶם Gn 43:34 (J) and they (indef.) carried portions from his presence unto them; carry gifts as tribute 2 S 8:2, 6; later, bring an offering ψ 96:8 = 1 Ch 16:29, Ez 20:31 (𝔊 Co בראשׁית; Toy foll. MT). e.g. Genesis 43:34
- f. carry = contain, hold: bath to hold 1/10 homer Ez 45:11. e.g. Ezekiel 45:11
- g. bear fruit, of tree Hg 2:19 Jo 2:22, fig. Ez 36:8; boughs 17:23 (in fig.); produce, yield, of mountains Jb 40:20 ψ 72:3 (both c. לְ for). e.g. Haggai 2:19
- 3. Take, take away:
- a. lit. c. מִן 1 S 17:34 Nu 16:15 (unjustly). e.g. 1 Samuel 17:34
- b. take away, carry off, Ju 21:23 1 K 15:22 = 2 Ch 16:6, 1 K 18:12 La 5:13 Mi 2:2 Je 49:29 (ל pers.), Is 40:24; 41:16 +; take away head (מֵעַל pers.) Gn 40:19 (v. supr.); sweep away = destroy Jb 32:22 (cf. Niph. 4); life 2 S 14:14. e.g. Judges 21:23
- c. take away, guilt, iniquity, transgression, etc., i.e. forgive, † c. acc. Gn 50:17 (E), Ex 32:32 (E), 10:17; 34:7 (J), Nu 14:18 (JE), 1 S 15:25 Ho 14:3 Jb 7:21 (‖ הֶעֱבִיר עָוֹן), ψ 32:5; + ל pers. Mi 7:18; ל pers., acc. om., Gn 18:24, 26 (J), Nu 14:19 (JE; ‖ סלח עָוֹן), Ho 1:6 Is 2:9 (prob. gloss.), ψ 99:8; c. ל of sin Gn 50:17 Ex 23:21 Jos 24:19 (both E), 1 S 25:28 ψ 25:18 ψ 25:18; נְשֻׂא עָוֹן Is 33:24; נְשׂוּי־פֶּשַׁע ψ 32:1. [in this sense נ׳ used in E; סלח in D P; both in J; נ׳ also in early proph., S. and Jb, and in earlier and latest ψψ; not in Je K Is 2 La Chr Dn, which use סלח; v. BrHex. 155.] e.g. Genesis 50:17
- d. take as wife (usually c. לְ for), late: Ezr 9:2, 12; 10:44 Ne 13:25 2 Ch 11:21; 13:21; 24:3 Ru 1:4. e.g. Ezra 9:2
- e. take an enumeration, usually c. רֹאשׂ sum Ex 30:12 Nu 1:2, 49; 4:2, 22; 26:2; 31:26, 49 (all P); c. מִסְפָּר Nu 3:40 1 Ch 27:23. e.g. Exodus 30:12
- f. take and carry away, receive, Dt 33:3 1 K 5:23 ψ 24:5; hence, obtain favour (חֶסֶד, חֵן) Est 2:9, 17 (both + לִפְנֵי), 5:2 (+ בְּעֵינָיו).—לְמַשְׂאוֹת אוֹתָהּ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ez 17:9 (Co Berthol לְיוֹם שְׂאֵת וגו׳) is usually rendered plucking it up (tearing it away) by the roots, but dub.; נ׳ not elsewhere in this sense. e.g. Deuteronomy 33:3
Niphal
- Pf. נִשָּׂא Je 51:9, וְנ׳ consec. Ex 25:28 +; Impf. יִנָּשֵׂא Is 40:4; 3 mpl. יִנָּֽשְׂאוּ Ez 1:19, 20, 21, יִנָּשׂוּא Je 10:5, יִנָּשֵׂ֑אוּ Pr 30:13; 3 fpl. תִּנָּשֶׂאנָה Is 49:22, etc.; Imv. הִנָּשֵׂא ψ 7:7; 94:2, mpl. הִנָּֽשְׂאוּ ψ 24:7; Inf. הִנָּשֵׂא Ez 1:19, sf. הִנָּֽשְׂאָם Ez 1:21; Pt. נִשָּׂא Is 2:2 +, f. נִשָּׂאָה Is 30:25, נִשֵּׂאת Zc 5:7 1 Ch 14:2, etc.;—2 S 19:43 is dub., and pt. (Ol§ 192 c Köi 632 f.) inexplicable; read נִשּׂא (Inf. abs. Niph.) Dr (cf. Th), or מַשְׂאֵת portion Gr HPS; > BaNB 90 thinks נִשֵּׂאת Inf. Niph. with compensative ending;— e.g. Jeremiah 51:9
- 1. be lifted up,
- a. lit. Zc 5:7 Ez 1:19, 21 (both מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ), v 19, 20, 21 (all in vision), of valleys Is 40:4; of gates ψ 24:7 + v 9b (read Niph.); of eyelids Pr 30:13 (superciliousness); metaph. of judment on Babylon reaching up to the sky (עַד); pt. = elevated, exalted Is 6:1 (of י׳’s throne, in vision); of lofty hills Is 2:14; 30:25; 57:7, cf. Mi 4:1 = Is 2:2 (מִן, lifted from out the hills), once of trees 2:13 (text dub.); gen., Is 2:12. e.g. Zechariah 5:7
- b. fig., be exalted, of kg., 2 Ch 32:23, kingdom 1 Ch 14:2, servant of י׳ Is 52:13, י׳ himself 57:15. e.g. 2 Chronicles 32:23
- 2. refl. lift oneself up = rise up, of י׳, to display power in judgment: Is 33:10 ψ 94:2. e.g. Isaiah 33:10
- 3. be borne, carried Je 10:5 Ex 25:28 (P), Is 49:22; 66:12. e.g. Jeremiah 10:5
- 4. be taken away carried off, 2 K 20:17 (ה loc.) = Is 39:6; be swept away (of multitude) Dn 11:12 (cf. Bev Behrm, Prince, v. also Qal 3; Ew Hi as 2, v. Dr). e.g. 2 Kings 20:17
Piel
- Pf. נִשֵּׂא 2 S 5:12, נִשָּׂא (anal. of ל׳ ה) 2 S 19:43 1 K 9:11, וְנִשָּׂא consec. Am 4:2, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיְנַשְּׂאֵ֫הוּ Est 3:1, וַיְנַשְּׂאֵם Is 63:9; 3 mpl. sf. יְנַשְּׂאוּהוּ Ezr 1:4; Imv. ms. sf. נַשְּׂאֵם ψ 28:9; Pt. pl. מְנַשְּׂאִים Je 22:27 + 2 times;— e.g. 2 Samuel 5:12
- 1. lift up = exalt, kingdom 2 S 5:12 (‖ Niph. 1 Ch 14:2), pers. Est 5:11 (עַל), cf. 3:1; = support, aid, assist Ezr 8:36 Est 9:3; c. ב aid with trees (supply with) 1 K 9:11, so Ezr 1:4. e.g. 2 Samuel 5:12
- 2. fig. נ׳ נֶפֶשׁ = desire, long, Je 22:27; 44:14. e.g. Jeremiah 22:27
- 3. carry, bear continuously Is 63:9, ψ 28:9. e.g. Isaiah 63:9
- 4. take, take away 2 S 19:43 (ל for; but v. Niph. supr.); Am 4:2 (ב instr.; We Now וְנָֽשְׂאוּ).— e.g. 2 Samuel 19:43
Hithpael
- Impf. יִתְנַשָּׂ֑א Nu 23:24; 3 fs. תִּנַּשֵּׂא 24:7; 2 ms. תִּתְנַשֵּׂא Ez 29:15; 3 mpl. יִנַּשְּׂאוּ Dn 11:14; 2 mpl. תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּ Nu 16:3; Inf. הִתְנַשֵּׂא Ez 17:14 Pr 30:32; Pt. מִתְנַשֵּׂא 1 K 1:5 1 Ch 29:11;—lift oneself up, like a lion Nu 23:24 (JE); pt. he who exalts himself 1 Ch 29:11 (+ לְכֹל לְרֹאשׁ) as human ruler (Kau), > (sc. אַתָּה) of י׳ as ruler; Ew§ 160 e Ke Be as subst. [inf. of Aramaic form], the exaltation; of a kingdom Nu 24:7 (JE), cf. Ez 17:14; in arrogance 1 K 1:5 Nu 16:3 (P; c. עַל־), Ez 29:15 (c. עַל), Pr 30:32 Dn 11:14. e.g. Numbers 23:24
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. consec.
- 1. cause one to bear iniquity (2 acc.) וְהִשִּׂ֫יאוּ Lv 22:16. e.g. Leviticus 22:16
- 2. appar. cause to bring, have brought, וְהִשִּׂיאוּ 2 S 17:13 (c. acc. rei + אֶל loc.), but very dub.; Ki Kit Bu וְיָשִׂימוּ; HPS וְהֵבִיאוּ; > We הֵשִׂימוּ. e.g. 2 Samuel 17:13
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. lift, carry, take (NH = BH; Ph. נשא id. Lzb326; Assyrian našû, id. DlHWB484; Biblical Aramaic נְשָׂא (rare); Syriac in ܡܰܐܣܰܐܬܳܐ scales; Palm. נסא, נשא n.pr. Lzb326 Cook81, 83 (cp. נשׁא forget); Arabic نَشَأَ intrans. rise, be high, etc.; Sab. in n.pr., e.g. CISiv. 5. 1; also נשא vb. HalRev. Sém. iv (1896), 69 Min. נשא take, HomSüdar. Chrest. 128; Ethiopic ነሥአ suscipere, tollere Di635, so OEth., DHMEpigr. Denkm. aus Abess. (1894), 52);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נְסֵי
- 1. to lift up. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 56 נְסִיאַת ed. Berl. (oth. ed. נַסִּי׳, Pa.); Y. נַסְיַית (h. text נִסְּתָה). Targ. Ps. IV, 7 נְשָׂא (h. text נְסָה).—[Pesik. B’shall., p. 91ᵃ, v. נְסַח.]
- 2. to take, receive, carry (v. נְסַב). Lam. R. to II, 2 לא נַסְיָין להון they (the areas described) could not receive (would have no room for) them; Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ לא נַסְיָיהּ. Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 54ᵈ נַסְתּוֹן בר קפר Bar Ḳ. took them. Lev. R. s. 6 נַסְתֵּיה לקניא וכ׳ he took the cane and knocked it down. Lev. R. s. 34, end נסאתיה וחמאי ליה וכ׳, read: נסא יתיה ואחמי וכ׳ he took him along and showed to him &c.; (Yalk. Is. 355 נסביה ואחמתיה וכ׳).—Pesik. R. s. 22 נשא ואפקדיה וכ׳ he took (his money) and put it in trust with him. Ib. נַסְתָּהּ ויהבה ליה she took it (the deposited money) and gave it to him; a. fr.
- 1. to find out by sign, to divine. Targ. O. Gen. XXX, 27.
- 2. to try, test; to attempt. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 56, v. supra.—Targ. Esth. V, 14 למְנֵסְיָא צליבא to test the (strength of) the gallows. Targ. Ex. XVI, 4; a. fr.—Snh. 107ᵃ מְנַסִּינָא לך I will try thee. Ib. אמר מינסנא לך (corr. acc.). Ab. Zar. 15ᵃ ניסייה ניהלי, read: נִינַסְּיָיהּ let us try the animal for me; a. e.
- same. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 56 (Ms. Pa.). Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXII, 1.
- 1. to be lifted up. Targ. Ps. LX, 6.
- 2. to be tried. Targ. II Esth. V, 14.—Snh. l. c. אינהו מִינַּסּוּ לי … מִינַּסְּיַת לי they have been tried (proved true) to me, thou hast not.
נְשָׁא I
- (preced.) woman. Targ. Y. Deut. XXII, 5.—Pl. נְשִׁין, נְשַׁיָּא, נְשֵׁי. Targ. Ruth I, 4. Targ. Gen. VI, 2; a. fr.—Tam. 32ᵃ מחוזא דכוליה נ׳ a place inhabited by women only. Ber. 17ᵃ הני נשי מאי זכיין Ms. M. (ed. נשים) whereby can women acquire merits? M. Kat. 28ᵇ נ׳ דשכנציב the lamenting women of &c.; a. v. fr.—בֵּי נ׳ a) the wife’s family, father-in-law &c.—b) the paternal house after the father’s death. B. Bath. 12ᵇ אמצרא דבי נְשֵׁיה contiguous to the estate of his father-in-law (Rashi: of his deceased father). Sabb. 23ᵇ. Ib. 156ᵃ בי נשיה in the house of his deceased father (Ms. M. נשיאה, v. גַּבָּלָא). Yeb. 35ᵃ בי נְשַׁיְהוּ their (the women’s) paternal home; a. e.
נָשָׁא II
- to forget, v. נשי.
נָשָׁא III
- name of a plant the sap of which is used as a depilatory. B. Kam. 86ᵃ סָכוֹ נ׳ וכ׳ he smeared nasha over it so that the hair will not grow again. Macc. 20ᵇ. Naz. 40ᵃ.—V. נֶשֶׁם.
נָשָׂא
- 1. to lift up, carry. Sot. 35ᵃ נ׳ ארון את נוֹשְׂאָיו the Ark carried its carriers. Ab. ch. VI נוֹשֵׂא בעול וכ׳ helps his brother to bear his yoke. Ber. III, 1 נוֹשְׂאֵי המטה, v. מִטָּה. Meg. 9ᵃ (one of the changes in translating the Bible into Greek) נוֹשֵׂא בני אדם a carrier of men (for חֲמֹר, Ex. IV, 20); a. v. fr.—Pesik. R. s. 6 אני מרומם ונושא את ראשם I will raise and elevate their head; v. infra.—נ׳ כפים, v. כַּף.—נ׳ פנים to lift up the face, to respect, favor, spare, be partial. Ḥag. 14ᵃ (expl. נשוא פנים, Is. III, 3) זה שנוֹשְׂאִין פ׳ לדורו בעבורו he for whose sake his generation is favored in heaven. Sabb. 13ᵇ שלא נ׳ פ׳ לתורה who spared him not for the sake of his scholarship. Yoma 87ᵃ שנָשְׂאוּ לו פ׳ בעה"ז that indulgence was shown him (by the Lord) in this world. Num. R. s. 11 לא אֶשָּׂא פ׳ מפניך shall I not favor thee for thy own sake? Ib. כשם שהם נוֹשְׂאִין לי וכ׳ as they (the Israelites) honor me (by saying grace even after a scanty meal), so do I favor them; a. fr.—נ׳ נפש אל to lift up the soul to, to long for. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXV, 1 למה אתה נושא נפשך אלי why dost thou lift up thy soul to me (why dost thou depend on me)?; Yalk. ib. 701.—נ׳ קרבן to offer up a sacrifice. Ib. 702 אדם חוטא ונושא ק׳ if a man sinned, he offered &c.; Midr. Till. l. c. נושא ומביא ק׳ (corr. acc.)—Part. pass. נָשׂוּא, f. נְשׂוּאָה &c. Ib. עכשו … הרי נפשנו נ׳ לך now that we have no sacrifices, our soul is lifted up to thee. e.g. Exodus 4:20
- 2. to lift, remove. Pesik. R. l. c. (ref. to the double meaning of נ׳, to raise a. to remove) לכו שְׂאוּ את ראשו go and remove (or lift up) his head; a. fr.—נ׳ עון to forgive. Y. Snh. X, beg., 27ᶜ (ref. to Ex. XXXIV, 7) נושא עוונות אין וכ׳ the text does not say, ‘removing iniquities’, but ‘removing iniquity’, the Lord takes away (from the scales) one bond of man’s sins, and the merits prevail &c.; Y. Peah I, 16ᵇ bot. (corr. acc.); Yalk. Ex. 400; v. שְׁטַר. Pesik. R. s. 45; a. e. e.g. Exodus 34:7
- 3. to take, esp. נ׳ ונתן to take and give, to deal; to transact, argue. Sabb. 31ᵃ נָשָׂאתָ ונתת באמונה hast thou (while on earth) been dealing honestly? B. Mets. 48ᵃ הנושא ונותן בדברים he who concludes a bargain verbally. Tanḥ. Sh’moth 18 כשם שנושאין ונותנין בהלכה וכ׳ as well as they debate on the law below, so do they above. Ib. שנושאין ונותנין בדין וכ׳ they argue in court, and the Lord argues with them; a. fr.
- 4. נ׳ אשה, or נ׳ to take a wife into one’s house, to marry. Keth. II, 1 בתולה נְשָׂאתַנִי thou hast married me as a virgin; אלמנה נְשָׂאתִיךְ I married thee as a widow. Yeb. 37ᵇ לא יִשָּׂא אדם וכ׳ one may not marry in one country and go away &c. M. Kat. I, 7 אין נושאין נשים וכ׳ no marriages may take place during the festive week; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. נָשׂוּי (followed by accus.) having married; f. נְשׂוּאָה (followed by ל) being married to; pl. נְשׂוּאִים, … אִין; נְשׂוּאוֹת. Yeb. III, 6 ואחד נ׳ נכרית one of them has married a stranger. Ib. ומתו הנ׳ את האחיות and those brothers who had married two sisters died. Ib. I, 2 (2ᵇ) היתה … נשואה לאחיו Y. ed. (Mish. ed. נשואת, corr. acc.; Bab. ed. נשואות) if his daughter or … was married to &c.; a. fr.—Tosef. ib. VI, 5 נָשׂאוּי.
- 1. to be lifted up, removed &c. Pesik. R. l. c. כבר … שיִנָּשְׂאוּ את ראשם וכ׳ it had been decreed that their head should be lifted (v. supra): turn its meaning and elevate their head.
- 2. f. נִישֵּׂאת, נִשֵּׂ׳, נִישֵּׂת, נִיסֵּת to be married. Keth. I, 1 בתולה נ׳ וכ׳ a virgin’s marriage takes place on the fourth day of the week. Ib. V, 2 הגיע … ולא נִשְּׂאוּ if the time set for marriage expired and they were not taken in marriage. Yeb. II, 10 מותרות לִינָּשֵׂא להם they may marry them. Ib. 88ᵇ הרי זו לא תִנָּשֵׂא ואם ניסת וכ׳ she must not marry again, and if she does &c.; Keth. 22ᵇ; a. v. fr.
- 1. to lift up, to announce by signals (the New Moon). R. Hash. II, 2, a. e. מַשִּׂיאִין, v. מַשּׂוּאָה. Y. ib. II, 58ᵃ top אין משיאין לילי זמנו we do not raise signals in the night of the regular New Moon (from the 29ᵗʰ to the 30ᵗʰ) &c.; a. fr.—Tosef. ib. II (I), 2 מַסִּיעִין את החדש ed. Zuck. (משיא׳ על, מסיא׳) we signalize the New Moon.
- 2. to transfer. Deut. R. s. 11 (ref. to ישא, Ps. IXXV, 5) יַשִּׂיא ברכה לאחרים he will bring blessing upon others.
- 3. to move, remove, pass. Bets. III, 7 מַשִּׂיאָהּ על גבי חברתה he may pass one knife over the other (to whet it). Tosef. Par. X (IX), 3 הִשִּׂיאוֹ לדבר אחר he diverted his mind towards another subject; Ab. Zar. II, 5. Y. ib. II, 41ᶜ bot. היה לו להַשִּׂיאוֹ וכ׳, v. הֶשֵּׂיאָה.
- 4. to transfer, transcribe, translate. Tosef. Sot. VIII, 6 הִשִּׂיאוּ את הכתב וכ׳ they transcribed the inscription on the stones in seventy languages; Sot. 35ᵇ; Y. ib. VII, 21ᵈ bot.
- 5. to give away in marriage; to cause to marry. Keth. 111ᵇ כל המַשִּׂיא בתו וכ׳ he who marries his daughter to a scholar. Ib. 67ᵇ top מַשִּׂיאִין את היתומה וכ׳ we must first help the fatherless maiden to marry, and then the fatherless lad. Kidd. 29ᵃ האב חייב … ולהַשִּׂיאוֹ אשה a father is bound to …, and to provide a wife for him; a. fr.
- to be raised; to exalt one’s self, to boast. Ab. Zar. 44ᵃ, v. הָלַם. Ber. 63ᵇ להִתְנַשֵּׂא, v. נָבַל; a. e.
נְשָׂא
- 1. to lift up, v. נְסֵי.
- 2. to bring, offer. Pesik. B’shall., p. 90ᵇ, sq. אימיה נשא (Ms. O. נַשְׂאָה) his mother was bringing (the bread); v., however, נְסַח.
- 3. (neut. verb) to move, stir. Taan. 24ᵃ; B. Mets. 85ᵇ, v. נְשַׁב.
נשי
- 1. to move, slip. Ḥull. 91ᵃ it is called gid hannasheh (v. גִּיד), שנ׳ ממקזמו וכ׳ because it slipped from its place and went up; Yalk. Gen. 133. Ib. א"ר חנניא … שנשא את מקומו R. Ḥ. said, … because it left its place; Gen. R. s. 78 שנשה ממקומו; a. e.
- 2. to discard, forget. Ned. 50ᵇ אבותינו אמרו נָשִׁינוּ טובה וכ׳ our fathers said (Lam. III, 17), we have forgotten the good times: we have not even seen them &c. Snh. 102ᵇ (play on מנ̇ש̇ה̇) שנ̇ש̇ה יה̇ he forgot Yah. Pesik. R. s. 45 (ref. to נְשׂוּי, Ps. XXXII, 1) אל תהי … ש"ין נְשׁוּי read it not with Samekh (n’suy), but with Shin, n’shuy, whose sin is forgotten; a. e. e.g. Lamentations 3:17
- 3. (with ב, cmp. נְסַק Af.) [to raise, collect,] to have a claim against; to be a creditor of. B. Mets. 75ᵇ נוֹשֶׁה בחבירו מנה he who has a claim &c., to whom his neighbor owes money. Men. 85ᵇ נושה בי וכ׳ I owe him &c.; a. e.
- 1. to carry away; to incite, allure. Gen. R. s. 19 (expl. השיאני, Gen. III, 13) הטעני he led me astray; v. גָּרָה. e.g. Genesis 3:13
- 2. to make a loan to; to collect, distrain; to pledge. Ib. (expl. השיאני) חייבני he made me a debtor (guilty, v. חוּב). Cant. R. to II, 7 (ref. to אֶשָּׂא, Ps. XXV, 1) אַשִּׁיא כתיב it may be read ashshi, I pledge (my soul); שהיו מַשִּׁיאִין נפשם על וכ׳ they (the martyrs) pledged their lives for the sanctification &c. (v. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXV שנתמשכנו וכ); ib. משיאין … מהם they (the torturers) take their lives as pledges; Midr. Till. to Ps. XVI; Yalk. Ps. 667 משיחין (corr. acc.). e.g. Psalms 25:1
- 3. הִנְשִׁי to cause to forget. Snh. l. c. (play on מנ̇ש̇ה) שהנ̇ש̇י את ישראל לאביהם וכ׳ he made Israel forget their Father in heaven; Yalk. Kings 245 שהִנְשִׁיא.
נְשֵׁי
- , to forget. Targ. Deut. VIII, 19 (O. ed. Berl. Ithpe.).
- 1. same. Targ. Ps. CXXXVII, 5; a. e.—Y. Dem. IV, 24ᵃ [read:] דילמא אַנְשִׁיתָה מתקנה perhaps thou didst forget to prepare it (by giving tithes)? Keth. 20ᵃ ומַנְשֵׁי חר וכ׳ and one of the witnesses has forgotten (that he knows of the case). Ḥull. 93ᵇ אַנְשְׁיוּהָ לדר׳ וכ׳ they have forgotten R. Judah’s opinion. Gen. R. s. 77 דילמא אַנְשִׁינָן כלום perhaps we forgot something (left behind). Gen. R. s. 78 אַנְשִׁית מאה I forgot one hundred (of the fables); a. fr.
- 2. to cause to forget. Targ. Lam. II, 6 (ed. Vien. אינשי, corr. acc.); a. e.
- to forget. Targ. O. Deut. VIII, 19 (v. supra); a. e.—Y. Shek. VII, 50ᶜ bot. ואִינְשְׁתָהּ and forgot to take it out; a. e.
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Forms in the corpus
The 369 distinct written forms H5375 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 309 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5375, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- משא massâʼ H4853 burden
- משא massôʼ H4856 partiality
- משאה massâʼâh H4858 uplifting
- משאת masʼêth H4864 burden
- מתנשא mithnassêʼ H4984 to exalt oneself
- נשא nᵉsâʼ H5376 to lift
- נשאת nissêʼth H5379 portion
- נשואה nᵉsûwʼâh H5385 load
- נשיא nâsîyʼ H5387 chief
- שאת sᵉʼêth H7613 exaltation
- שוא sôwʼ H7721 rising
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 586 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 609 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:13
- Exodus 6:8
- Leviticus 5:1
- Numbers 1:2
- Deuteronomy 1:9
- Joshua 3:3
- Judges 2:4
- Ruth 1:4
- 1 Samuel 2:28
- 2 Samuel 2:22
- 1 Kings 2:26
- 2 Kings 2:16
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