נשא• (transliteration needed)

1. tobear, tocarry

FromProto-Semitic*naśaʔ-(“lift, raise”). CompareAkkadian𒈾𒋗𒌑𒌝(našûm) andArabicنَشَأَ(našaʔa).

נָשָׂא• (nasá) (pa'al construction,infinitiveלָשֵׂאת,futureיישא / יִשָּׂא,passive counterpartנישא / נִשָּׂא)

1. tolift
   • Tanach,Psalms121:1, with translation of theJewish Publication Society:

     שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹתאֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי

     shir la-maʿalótesá ʿeinái el he-harím meáyin yavó ʿezrí

     A Song of Ascents.I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?

2. tobear,carry,support
   • 2014, “Leviathan”‎^[1]performed by Daniela Spector:

     אבלאתהנושאאותיכלהשניםכמוהייתלווייתןואנייונה.

     avál atánosé otí kol hashaním k'mó hayíta livyatán va'aní yoná.

     But youcarried me all these years as if you were Leviathan and I Jonah.

   • Tanach,Deuteronomy24:15, with translation of theJewish Publication Society:

     בְּיוֹמוֹ תִתֵּן שְׂכָרוֹ וְלֹא־תָבוֹא עָלָיו הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כִּי עָנִי הוּא וְאֵלָיו הוּאנֹשֵׂא אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ וְלֹא־יִקְרָא עָלֶיךָ אֶל־יְהוָה וְהָיָה בְךָ חֵטְא

     b-yomó titén skharó v-lo tavó ʿaláv ha-shémesh ki ʿani hu v-eláv hunosé et nafshó v-lo yiqrá ʿalekha el Adonái v-haya bkhá ḥet

     In the same day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, andsetteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto theLord and it be sin in thee.

3. toendure
4. todeliver (a speech), tosay (often in anoath)
   • Tanach,Exodus20:7, with translation of theJewish Publication Society:

     לֹאתִשָּׂא אֶת־שֵׁם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה יְהוָה אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא׃

     Lotisá et shem Adonái Elohékha la-sháv ki lo ynaqéh Adonái et ashéryisá et shmó la-shav

     Thou shalt nottake the name of theLord thy God in vain; for theLord will not hold him guiltless thattaketh His name in vain.

• חֲמוֹר נוֹשֵׂא סְפָרִים(khamór nosé sfarím)
• נָשָׂא וְנָתַן(nasá v'natán)
• נָשָׂא רֹאשׁ(nasá rósh,“take a census”)

• נישא / נִשָּׂא(nisá)
• הִשִּׂיא(hisí)
• הִתְנַשֵּׂא(hitnasé)
• נָשׂוּא(nasú)
• נָשׂוּי(nasúi)
• משאית(masa'ít)

נִשָּׂא• (nisá) (nif'al construction)

1. defective spelling ofנישא.

נִשֵּׂא• (nisé) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling ofנישא.

• H5375 inStrong, James (1979),Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

CompareArabicنَسَأَ(nasaʔa,“to postpone, to defer, to delay”)

נָשָׁא• (nashá) (pa'al construction)

1. To lead astray, that is, (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce, tobeguile, to deceive
   • Tanach,Jeremiah4:10, with translation of theJewish Publication Society:

     וָאֹמַר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אָכֵןהַשֵּׁא הִשֵּׁאתָ לָעָם הַזֶּה וְלִירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם לֵאמֹר שָׁלוֹם יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְנָגְעָה חֶרֶב עַד הַנָּפֶשׁ

     va-omár aháh Adonái Elohím akhénhashé hishéta la-ʿam ha-zeh v-liYrushaláyim lemór shalóm yihyéh lakhém v-nagʿáh ḥerev ʿad ha-náfesh

     Then said I: 'Ah, LordGod! surely Thou hastgreatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.'

2. alternative spelling ofנָשָׁה(nasháh,“act as ausurer,lend oninterest”)
   • Tanach,Nehemiah5:7, with translation of theJewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּמָּלֵךְ לִבִּי עָלַי וָאָרִיבָה אֶת הַחֹרִים וְאֶת הַסְּגָנִים וָאֹמְרָה לָהֶםמַשָּׁא אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו אַתֶּםנֹשִׁאים וָאֶתֵּן עֲלֵיהֶם קְהִלָּה גְדוֹלָה

     va-yimalékh libí ʿalái va-aríva et ha-ḥorím v-et ha-sganím va-omráh lahémmashá ish b-aḥív atémnoshím va-etén ʿaleihem q'hiláh g'doláh

     Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them: 'Yelend uponpledge, every one to his brother.' And I held a great assembly against them.

• H5377 inStrong, James (1979),Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H5378 inStrong, James (1979),Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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