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.
43 verses where H5375 appears in the Qal stem in the Book of Isaiah. Filtered view — show all forms. 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.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:14 נְשֹֽׂא Qal inf.cs My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.
- Isaiah 2:4 יִשָּׂ֨א Qal impf 3ms He will judge between the nations, And will decide concerning many peoples; And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more.
- Isaiah 2:9 תִּשָּׂ֖א Qal juss 2ms Man is brought low, And mankind is humbled; Therefore don't forgive them.
- Isaiah 3:3 וּ/נְשׂ֣וּא conj + Qal ptcp.pass ms cs The captain of fifty, The honorable man, The counselor, The skilled craftsman, And the clever enchanter.
- Isaiah 3:7 יִשָּׂא֩ Qal impf 3ms In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer; For in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.
- Isaiah 5:26 וְ/נָֽשָׂא conj + Qal wpf 3ms He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, And he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
- Isaiah 8:4 יִשָּׂ֣א Qal impf 3ms For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 9:15 וּ/נְשׂוּא conj + Qal ptcp.pass ms cs The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
- Isaiah 10:24 יִשָּֽׂא Qal impf 3ms Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, my people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 10:26 וּ/נְשָׂא֖/וֹ conj + Qal wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh of Hosts will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 11:12 וְ/נָשָׂ֥א conj + Qal wpf 3ms He will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 13:2 שְֽׂאוּ Qal impv 2mp Set up an ensign on the bare mountain, lift up the voice to them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
- Isaiah 14:4 וְ/נָשָׂ֜אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms that you shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- Isaiah 15:7 יִשָּׂאֽוּ/ם Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.
- Isaiah 18:3 כִּ/נְשֹׂא prep + Qal inf.cs All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, look; and when the trumpet is blown, listen.
- Isaiah 22:6 נָשָׂ֣א Qal pf 3ms Elam bore the quiver, with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
- Isaiah 24:14 יִשְׂא֥וּ Qal impf 3mp These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Yahweh they cry aloud from the sea.
- Isaiah 30:6 יִשְׂאוּ֩ Qal impf 3mp The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit [them].
- Isaiah 33:24 נְשֻׂ֥א Qal ptcp.pass ms cs The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people who dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
- Isaiah 37:4 וְ/נָשָׂ֣אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
- Isaiah 37:23 וַ/תִּשָּׂ֥א conj + Qal wimpf 2ms Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 38:21 יִשְׂא֖וּ Qal impf 3mp Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster on the boil, and he shall recover.
- Isaiah 40:11 יִשָּׂ֑א Qal impf 3ms He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their young.
- Isaiah 40:24 תִּשָּׂאֵֽ/ם Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp Yes, they have not been planted; yes, they have not been sown; yes, their stock has not taken root in the earth: moreover he blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
- Isaiah 40:26 שְׂאוּ Qal impv 2mp Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
- Isaiah 41:16 תִּשָּׂאֵ֔/ם Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and you shall rejoice in Yahweh, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 42:2 יִשָּׂ֑א Qal impf 3ms He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
- Isaiah 42:11 יִשְׂא֤וּ Qal impf 3mp Let the wilderness and the cities of it lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar does inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
- Isaiah 45:20 הַ/נֹּֽשְׂאִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
- Isaiah 46:3 הַ/נְּשֻׂאִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass mp Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;
- Isaiah 46:4 אֶשָּׂ֔א Qal impf 1cs and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
- Isaiah 46:7 יִ֠שָּׂאֻ/הוּ Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
- Isaiah 49:18 שְׂאִֽי Qal impv 2fs Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says Yahweh, you shall surely clothe you with them all as with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride.
- Isaiah 49:22 אֶשָּׂ֤א תִּנָּשֶֽׂאנָה Qal impf 1cs Niphal impf 3fp Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 51:6 שְׂאוּ֩ Qal impv 2mp Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- Isaiah 52:8 נָ֥שְׂאוּ Qal pf 3cp The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns to Zion.
- Isaiah 52:11 נֹשְׂאֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 53:4 נָשָׂ֔א Qal pf 3ms Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
- Isaiah 53:12 נָשָׂ֔א Qal pf 3ms Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- Isaiah 57:13 יִשָּׂא Qal impf 3ms When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
- Isaiah 60:4 שְׂאִֽי Qal impv 2fs Lift up your eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
- Isaiah 60:6 יִשָּׂ֔אוּ Qal impf 3mp The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 64:6 יִשָּׂאֻֽ/נוּ Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 1cp For we are all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
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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