מִתְנַשֵּׂא
Engelsk lift, carry, take
Brown-Driver-Briggs
נָשָׂא verb lift, carry, take (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician נשא id. Lzb326; Assyrian našû, id. DlHWB 484; Biblical Aramaic נְשָׂא (rare); Syriac in scales; Palmyrene נסא, נשא proper name Lzb326 Cook81, 83 (compare נשׁא forget); Arabic intransitive rise, be high, etc.; Sabean in proper name, e.g. CISiv. 5. 1; also נשא verb HalRev. Semitic iv (1896), 69 Minaean נשא take, HomSüdar. Chrest. 128; Ethiopic suscipere, tollere Di635, so Old Ethiopic, DHMEpigr.Denkm.aus Abess.(1894),52); —
Qal599 Perfect ׳נ 1 Mos 13,6 +; 2 masculine singular נָשָׂאתָ 1 Kong 2,26 +, נֶשָׂאתָה 4 Mos 14,19, suffix נְשָׂאתַ֫נִי Sl 102,11 2 feminine singular suffix נְשָֹׂאתִים Ezk 16,58 3 plural נָָֽשְׂאוּ 2 Sam 18,28 +, נָשׂוּא Sl 139,20, וְנָשׂוּ consecutive Ezk 39,26, suffix נְשָׂאוּם 2 Kron 12,11, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׂא 1 Mos 32,21 +, וַיִּשָּׂא 1 Mos 13,10 +, suffix יִשָּׂאֵהוּ 5 Mos 32,11+; 3 masculine plural יִשְׂאוּ Hos 4,8 +, יִשָּׂ֑אוּ Hab 2,6 +, וַיִּשְׂאוּ Dom 2,4 +; suffix יִשָּׂאֻנוּ Es 64,5 3 feminine plural תִּשֶּׂ֫נָה Jer 9,17, וַתִּשֶּׂ֫אנָה Rut 1,9, וַתִּשֶּׂ֫נָה Zak 5,9; Rut 1,14 2 feminine plural תִּשֶּׂ֫אינָה Ezk 23,49, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שָׂא 1 Mos 13,14 +, נְשָׂא Sl 10,12, נְסָה Sl 4,7 suffix שָׂאֵהוּ 4 Mos 11,12; 2 Kong 4,19 feminine singular שְׂאִי 1 Mos 21,18 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute נָשׂוֺא Jer 10,5, נָשׂא Hos 1,6 + 2 t.; construct נְשׂא Es 1,14 2 t., שׂוֺא Sl 89,10, (read perhaps שְׁאוֺן roar Ri Bi Che, compare Hi שׁוֺא), usually שְׂאֵת 1 Mos 4,7 +; suffix נָשְׂאִי Sl 28,2, שְׂאֵתִי Jer 15,15; Sl 89,51, etc.; Aramaizing Infinitive לְמַשְׂאוֺת Ezk 17,9 (si vera lectio; Co Berthol לְיוֺם שְׂאֵת); Participle active נשֵֹׁא 2 Mos 34,7 +, feminine נשְֹׁאֵת 1 Kong 10,22, נשֵֹׁאת Est 2,15, etc.; passive construct נְשׂוּא Es 3,3 +, נְשׂוּי Sl 32,1, etc.; —
1. lift, lift up:
\ \ a. literally, with accusative of person or thing; the food lifts ark 1 Mos 7,17 (J), ׳י lifts standard (נֵס) Es 5,26; Es 11,12 + (often followed by ל person), rod Es 10,26, with עַל against vEs 10,24, חֶרֶב אֶלֿ ׳נ Mik 4,3 = Es 2,4, etc.; — especially lift in order to hold, carry away, etc. 1 Mos 21,18 (E), Dom 9,48; Amos 6,10; 2 Sam 2,32; 2 Sam 4,4; 1 Kong 13,29; 2 Kong 9,25; 2 Kong 9,26; Ezk 3,12; Ezk 3,14; Ezk 8,3; Ezk 11,24 +; lift up wings to fly Ezk 10,16; Ezk 10,19; Ezk 11,22 רַגְלָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ ׳נ 1 Mos 29,1 he lifted up his feet and went; lift up, upon (על) 1 Mos 31,17; 1 Mos 42,26 (both E), figurative Job 31,36 בְּמאֹזְנַיִם ׳נ Job 6,2 put a thing into scale; בוֺ אָלָה ׳נ put on him (require of him) an oath 1 Kong 8,31 = 2 Kron 6,22, so van d. H., ᵐ5; correct ᵑ0 נָשָׁא (Baer Ginsb), but sense hardly possible; אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י Job 13,14 I will take up my flesh in my teeth (figurative for hazarding life).
\ \ b. in many phrases, literal and figurative, e.g.: (1) lift up hand; against (ב) 2 Sam 18,28; 2 Sam 20,21, with לְ Sl 106,26 אֶלֿ (as signal) Es 49,22 absolute, in display of power Sl 10,12 frequently in oath (especially Ezekiel, P; of ׳י usually followed by infinitive, often + ל person) 2 Mos 6,8; 4 Mos 14,30 (both P), Ezk 20,5 (twice in verse); Ezk 20,6; Ezk 20,15; Ezk 20,23; Ezk 20,28; Ezk 20,42; Ezk 36,7; Ezk 44,12; Ezk 47,14; Neh 9,15, + אֶלשָֿׁמַיִם 5 Mos 32,40 lift hand to heaven; in prayer (with אֶלֿ) Sl 28,2; Klg 2,19, so (בְּשִׁמְךָ) Sl 63,5, absolute Sl 134,2, and, remarkably, אֶלמִֿצְוֺתֶיךָ Sl 119,48 also figurative of the deep (תְּהוֺם) Hab 3,10 in blessing 3 Mos 9,22 (P; with אֶל). (2) lift up one's head = shew boldness, independence Dom 8,28; Zak 2,4; Job 10,15; Sl 83,3 of another = restore to honour 1 Mos 40,13; 1 Mos 40,20 (E), but lift thy head from off thee (מֵעָלֶיךָ), v1 Mos 40,19, by word-play; — + מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא 2 Kong 25,27 = Jer 52,31 figurative of gates, lift up your heads Sl 24,7; Sl 24,9. (3) lift up one's face, countenance (פָּנִים), literal, 2 Kong 9,32 (אֶלֿ); sign of good conscience 2 Sam 2,22 (אֶלֿ), absolute Job 11,15 of ׳י, sign of favour, פָּנֶיךָ אֶלֿ ׳נ 4 Mos 6,26 (P; form of benediction); compare אוֺר ׳נ פָּנֶיךָ עַלֿ Sl 4,7 especially lift up face of another (originally probably of one prostrate in humility; opposed to הֵשִׁיב פָּנִים repel), in various shades of meaning: = grant a request 1 Mos 19,21 (J; + לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה), 1 Sam 25,35; Job 42,8; Job 42,9 = be gracious to, 1 Mos 32,21 (E), Mal 1,8; Mal 1,9 hence phrase נְשׂוּא פָנִים graciously received, held in honour 2 Kong 5,1 (of Naaman), and, as substantive, honourable, eminent one Es 3,3; Es 9,14 (but strike out as gloss), Job 22,8 ; = shew consideration for 5 Mos 28,50; Klg 4,16 also in bad sense = be unduly influenced by Job 32,21, and, specifically, = shew partiality (towards) 5 Mos 10,17 (denied of ׳י), 3 Mos 19,15 (H), Mal 2,9 (בַּתּוֺרָה), Job 13,8; Job 13,10; Job 34,19; Ord 18,5; Sl 82,2 (synonym ׳הִכִּיר פ); even פְּנֵי כָלכֹּֿפֶר ׳נ Ord 6,35 i.e. regard any bribe. (4) lift up eyes, on high 2 Kong 19,22 = Es 37,23, compare Sl 121,1 (אֶלֿ); לַשָּׁמַיִם Es 51,6 (|| הִבִּיט אֶלֿ); followed by ה locative 5 Mos 3,27; 5 Mos 4,19 compare Ezk 8,5 (twice in verse); toward (אֶלֿ) idols Ezk 18,6; Ezk 18,12; Ezk 18,15; Ezk 33,25, compare Ezk 23,27 toward (אֶלֿׅ ׳י Sl 123,1 (these with implied worship); עֵינֶיהָ אֶלֿ ׳נ 1 Mos 39,7 i.e. she gazed at him with desire; usually + verb of seeing (35 t.) 1 Mos 13,10; 1 Mos 13,14; 1 Mos 18,2 + (Hexateuch only J E), Es 40,26 (+ מָרוֺם), Es 49,18; Es 60,4 (both + סָבִיב), Jer 3,2 (+ עַלֿ). (5) lift up voice (קוֺל), give (loud) utterance Es 52,8, of floods Sl 93,3, + and weep 1 Mos 21,16 (E) 1 Mos 27,38; 1 Mos 29,11 (both J), Dom 2,4, + וַתִּשָּׂא וַיִּתְּנוּ אֶתקֿוֺלָם וַיִּבִכוּ 4 Mos 14,1 (P), + 9 t.; + יָרֹ֫נוּ Es 24,14 + קָרָא Dom 9,7 קוֺל omitted Es 3,7; Es 42,2, vEs 42,11 (|| יָרֹ֫נוּ); also (6) lift up (+ verb of saying, usually אָמַר), often of formal and solemn utterance, מָשָׁל ׳נ 4 Mos 23,7; 4 Mos 23,18; 4 Mos 24,3; 4 Mos 24,15; 4 Mos 24,20; 4 Mos 24,21; 4 Mos 24,23; Job 27,1; Job 29,1 + עַל Mik 2,4; Hab 2,6; Es 14,4 ונשׂאבֿוֺ אָלָה 1 Kong 8,31 and he shall lift up against him an oath = 2 Kron 6,22 (ᵑ0 וְנָשָׁא see Baer Ginsb, but sense difficult; read rather וְנָשָׂא); עָלָיו הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה ׳נ ׳י 2 Kong 9,25 קִינָה ׳נ, + עַלֿ Jer 7,29; Ezk 26,17; Ezk 27,2; Ezk 28,12; Ezk 32,2, + אֶלֿ Ezk 19,1; Ezk 27,32 lift up word Amos 5,1 (על, + קִינָה); weeping Jer 9,9 (עַלֿ); lamentation (נְהִי) v.Jer 9,17 (עַלֿ), reproach Sl 15,3 (עַלֿ). (7) lift up, take up = utter: name of ׳י, לַשָּׁוְא 2 Mos 20,7 (twice in verse) = 5 Mos 5,11 (twice in verse) (Decalogue); compare Sl 139,20 (read probably שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Bö Ol Che Kau); בַּלאֶֿשָּׂא שְׁמוֺתָם עַלשְֿׂפָתָ֑י Sl 16,4 בְּרִיתִי עֲלֵיפִֿיךָ ׳נ Sl 50,16 probably also שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא ׳נ 2 Mos 23,1 (E). (8) lift up prayer in behalf of (בְּעַד) 2 Kong 19,4 = Es 37,4; Jer 7,16; Jer 11,14. (9) lift up soul (נֶפֶשׁ), i.e. direct the desire (נֶפֶשׁ 1 d) towards (אל) a thing, 5 Mos 24,15; Ord 19,18, אֶלעָֿוֺן Hos 4,8, לַשָּׁוְא Sl 24,4 (compare Pi`el and II. מַשָּׂא 2); ׳אֶליֿ Sl 25,1; Sl 86,4; Sl 143,8, so the heart Klg 3,41. (10) take up (incur) sin, iniquity, (only H P) 2 Mos 28,43; 4 Mos 18,22, with עַל for 3 Mos 19,17; 3 Mos 22,9; 4 Mos 18,32 (compare also 2 b). (11) of heart lifting one up, (inciting), 2 Mos 35,21; 2 Mos 35,26; 2 Mos 36,2 (all P); of presumption 2 Kong 14,10 = 2 Kron 25,19. — ᵑ0 apparently requires intransitive or reflexive meaning, lift oneself up, in following, text dubious in all: Hos 13,1 read perhaps נָשִׂיא Oort We compare Now; Nah 1,5 Now (after Bi) וַתֵּשָׁא (read וַתֵּ֫שֶׁא? √ שׁאה); Sl 89,10 read שְׁאוֺן Bi Ri Che; Hab 1,3 יִשָּׂא queried by We Gr Buhl and others, compare GunkSch-pfung 33.
\ \ a. literally, with accusative of person or thing; the food lifts ark 1 Mos 7,17 (J), ׳י lifts standard (נֵס) Es 5,26; Es 11,12 + (often followed by ל person), rod Es 10,26, with עַל against vEs 10,24, חֶרֶב אֶלֿ ׳נ Mik 4,3 = Es 2,4, etc.; — especially lift in order to hold, carry away, etc. 1 Mos 21,18 (E), Dom 9,48; Amos 6,10; 2 Sam 2,32; 2 Sam 4,4; 1 Kong 13,29; 2 Kong 9,25; 2 Kong 9,26; Ezk 3,12; Ezk 3,14; Ezk 8,3; Ezk 11,24 +; lift up wings to fly Ezk 10,16; Ezk 10,19; Ezk 11,22 רַגְלָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ ׳נ 1 Mos 29,1 he lifted up his feet and went; lift up, upon (על) 1 Mos 31,17; 1 Mos 42,26 (both E), figurative Job 31,36 בְּמאֹזְנַיִם ׳נ Job 6,2 put a thing into scale; בוֺ אָלָה ׳נ put on him (require of him) an oath 1 Kong 8,31 = 2 Kron 6,22, so van d. H., ᵐ5; correct ᵑ0 נָשָׁא (Baer Ginsb), but sense hardly possible; אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י Job 13,14 I will take up my flesh in my teeth (figurative for hazarding life).
\ \ b. in many phrases, literal and figurative, e.g.: (1) lift up hand; against (ב) 2 Sam 18,28; 2 Sam 20,21, with לְ Sl 106,26 אֶלֿ (as signal) Es 49,22 absolute, in display of power Sl 10,12 frequently in oath (especially Ezekiel, P; of ׳י usually followed by infinitive, often + ל person) 2 Mos 6,8; 4 Mos 14,30 (both P), Ezk 20,5 (twice in verse); Ezk 20,6; Ezk 20,15; Ezk 20,23; Ezk 20,28; Ezk 20,42; Ezk 36,7; Ezk 44,12; Ezk 47,14; Neh 9,15, + אֶלשָֿׁמַיִם 5 Mos 32,40 lift hand to heaven; in prayer (with אֶלֿ) Sl 28,2; Klg 2,19, so (בְּשִׁמְךָ) Sl 63,5, absolute Sl 134,2, and, remarkably, אֶלמִֿצְוֺתֶיךָ Sl 119,48 also figurative of the deep (תְּהוֺם) Hab 3,10 in blessing 3 Mos 9,22 (P; with אֶל). (2) lift up one's head = shew boldness, independence Dom 8,28; Zak 2,4; Job 10,15; Sl 83,3 of another = restore to honour 1 Mos 40,13; 1 Mos 40,20 (E), but lift thy head from off thee (מֵעָלֶיךָ), v1 Mos 40,19, by word-play; — + מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא 2 Kong 25,27 = Jer 52,31 figurative of gates, lift up your heads Sl 24,7; Sl 24,9. (3) lift up one's face, countenance (פָּנִים), literal, 2 Kong 9,32 (אֶלֿ); sign of good conscience 2 Sam 2,22 (אֶלֿ), absolute Job 11,15 of ׳י, sign of favour, פָּנֶיךָ אֶלֿ ׳נ 4 Mos 6,26 (P; form of benediction); compare אוֺר ׳נ פָּנֶיךָ עַלֿ Sl 4,7 especially lift up face of another (originally probably of one prostrate in humility; opposed to הֵשִׁיב פָּנִים repel), in various shades of meaning: = grant a request 1 Mos 19,21 (J; + לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה), 1 Sam 25,35; Job 42,8; Job 42,9 = be gracious to, 1 Mos 32,21 (E), Mal 1,8; Mal 1,9 hence phrase נְשׂוּא פָנִים graciously received, held in honour 2 Kong 5,1 (of Naaman), and, as substantive, honourable, eminent one Es 3,3; Es 9,14 (but strike out as gloss), Job 22,8 ; = shew consideration for 5 Mos 28,50; Klg 4,16 also in bad sense = be unduly influenced by Job 32,21, and, specifically, = shew partiality (towards) 5 Mos 10,17 (denied of ׳י), 3 Mos 19,15 (H), Mal 2,9 (בַּתּוֺרָה), Job 13,8; Job 13,10; Job 34,19; Ord 18,5; Sl 82,2 (synonym ׳הִכִּיר פ); even פְּנֵי כָלכֹּֿפֶר ׳נ Ord 6,35 i.e. regard any bribe. (4) lift up eyes, on high 2 Kong 19,22 = Es 37,23, compare Sl 121,1 (אֶלֿ); לַשָּׁמַיִם Es 51,6 (|| הִבִּיט אֶלֿ); followed by ה locative 5 Mos 3,27; 5 Mos 4,19 compare Ezk 8,5 (twice in verse); toward (אֶלֿ) idols Ezk 18,6; Ezk 18,12; Ezk 18,15; Ezk 33,25, compare Ezk 23,27 toward (אֶלֿׅ ׳י Sl 123,1 (these with implied worship); עֵינֶיהָ אֶלֿ ׳נ 1 Mos 39,7 i.e. she gazed at him with desire; usually + verb of seeing (35 t.) 1 Mos 13,10; 1 Mos 13,14; 1 Mos 18,2 + (Hexateuch only J E), Es 40,26 (+ מָרוֺם), Es 49,18; Es 60,4 (both + סָבִיב), Jer 3,2 (+ עַלֿ). (5) lift up voice (קוֺל), give (loud) utterance Es 52,8, of floods Sl 93,3, + and weep 1 Mos 21,16 (E) 1 Mos 27,38; 1 Mos 29,11 (both J), Dom 2,4, + וַתִּשָּׂא וַיִּתְּנוּ אֶתקֿוֺלָם וַיִּבִכוּ 4 Mos 14,1 (P), + 9 t.; + יָרֹ֫נוּ Es 24,14 + קָרָא Dom 9,7 קוֺל omitted Es 3,7; Es 42,2, vEs 42,11 (|| יָרֹ֫נוּ); also (6) lift up (+ verb of saying, usually אָמַר), often of formal and solemn utterance, מָשָׁל ׳נ 4 Mos 23,7; 4 Mos 23,18; 4 Mos 24,3; 4 Mos 24,15; 4 Mos 24,20; 4 Mos 24,21; 4 Mos 24,23; Job 27,1; Job 29,1 + עַל Mik 2,4; Hab 2,6; Es 14,4 ונשׂאבֿוֺ אָלָה 1 Kong 8,31 and he shall lift up against him an oath = 2 Kron 6,22 (ᵑ0 וְנָשָׁא see Baer Ginsb, but sense difficult; read rather וְנָשָׂא); עָלָיו הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה ׳נ ׳י 2 Kong 9,25 קִינָה ׳נ, + עַלֿ Jer 7,29; Ezk 26,17; Ezk 27,2; Ezk 28,12; Ezk 32,2, + אֶלֿ Ezk 19,1; Ezk 27,32 lift up word Amos 5,1 (על, + קִינָה); weeping Jer 9,9 (עַלֿ); lamentation (נְהִי) v.Jer 9,17 (עַלֿ), reproach Sl 15,3 (עַלֿ). (7) lift up, take up = utter: name of ׳י, לַשָּׁוְא 2 Mos 20,7 (twice in verse) = 5 Mos 5,11 (twice in verse) (Decalogue); compare Sl 139,20 (read probably שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Bö Ol Che Kau); בַּלאֶֿשָּׂא שְׁמוֺתָם עַלשְֿׂפָתָ֑י Sl 16,4 בְּרִיתִי עֲלֵיפִֿיךָ ׳נ Sl 50,16 probably also שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא ׳נ 2 Mos 23,1 (E). (8) lift up prayer in behalf of (בְּעַד) 2 Kong 19,4 = Es 37,4; Jer 7,16; Jer 11,14. (9) lift up soul (נֶפֶשׁ), i.e. direct the desire (נֶפֶשׁ 1 d) towards (אל) a thing, 5 Mos 24,15; Ord 19,18, אֶלעָֿוֺן Hos 4,8, לַשָּׁוְא Sl 24,4 (compare Pi`el and II. מַשָּׂא 2); ׳אֶליֿ Sl 25,1; Sl 86,4; Sl 143,8, so the heart Klg 3,41. (10) take up (incur) sin, iniquity, (only H P) 2 Mos 28,43; 4 Mos 18,22, with עַל for 3 Mos 19,17; 3 Mos 22,9; 4 Mos 18,32 (compare also 2 b). (11) of heart lifting one up, (inciting), 2 Mos 35,21; 2 Mos 35,26; 2 Mos 36,2 (all P); of presumption 2 Kong 14,10 = 2 Kron 25,19. — ᵑ0 apparently requires intransitive or reflexive meaning, lift oneself up, in following, text dubious in all: Hos 13,1 read perhaps נָשִׂיא Oort We compare Now; Nah 1,5 Now (after Bi) וַתֵּשָׁא (read וַתֵּ֫שֶׁא? √ שׁאה); Sl 89,10 read שְׁאוֺן Bi Ri Che; Hab 1,3 יִשָּׂא queried by We Gr Buhl and others, compare GunkSch-pfung 33.
2. Bear, carry:
\ \ a. literally, a load or burden (usually accusative) 1 Mos 37,25; 1 Mos 44,1 (both J), 1 Mos 45,23 (twice in verse) (E), 1 Sam 10,3 (3 t. in verse); Jer 10,5; Jer 17,21; Jer 17,27 + very often; נֹשֵׂא כֵלִים armour-bearer Dom 9,54; 1 Sam 14,1 + often Samuel; bearing weapons 1 Kron 5,18; 1 Kron 12,24; 2 Kron 14,7 (twice in verse); Klg 3,27 (עֹל׳נ figurative), Es 1,14 (figurative, compare d below); a load of care, responsibility 5 Mos 1,9; 5 Mos 1,12 share a burden with אֶתֿ ׳נ 2 Mos 18,22 (E; no accusative); with ׳ב, יִשָּׂא בְשִׁיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִי Job 7,13 my bed shall carry at (help carry) my grief, 4 Mos 11,17 take up and carry (idolatrous images) Amos 5,26; Es 46,7 bear ephod, 1 Sam 2,28; 1 Sam 14,3 + v1 Sam 14,18 (ᵐ5.), 1 Sam 22,18 (see Dr in HastingsDict. 726); in triumph Es 8,4.
\ \ b. especially bear guilt, or punishment 1 Mos 4,13 (J, עֲוֺנִי), often Ezekiel HP: עָוֺן ׳נ 3 Mos 5,1; 3 Mos 5,17; 3 Mos 7,18; 4 Mos 5,31; 4 Mos 14,34, compare 4 Mos 15,31 (all P), 3 Mos 17,16; 3 Mos 19,8; 3 Mos 20,17; 3 Mos 20,19 (H) Ezk 14,10; Ezk 44,12 (compare Hiph`il 3 Mos 22,16); חֵטְא ׳נ 3 Mos 20,20; 3 Mos 24,15 (H) 4 Mos 9,13 (P), compare Ezk 23,49 compare כְּלִמָּה ׳נ Ezk 16,52 (twice in verse), עֹנֶשׁ ׳נ Ord 19,19, ׳נ absolute Ord 9,12 עֲוֺן ֗֗֗ ׳נ = be responsible for 2 Mos 28,33; 4 Mos 18,1 (twice in verse) compare v4 Mos 18,23
\ \ a. literally, a load or burden (usually accusative) 1 Mos 37,25; 1 Mos 44,1 (both J), 1 Mos 45,23 (twice in verse) (E), 1 Sam 10,3 (3 t. in verse); Jer 10,5; Jer 17,21; Jer 17,27 + very often; נֹשֵׂא כֵלִים armour-bearer Dom 9,54; 1 Sam 14,1 + often Samuel; bearing weapons 1 Kron 5,18; 1 Kron 12,24; 2 Kron 14,7 (twice in verse); Klg 3,27 (עֹל׳נ figurative), Es 1,14 (figurative, compare d below); a load of care, responsibility 5 Mos 1,9; 5 Mos 1,12 share a burden with אֶתֿ ׳נ 2 Mos 18,22 (E; no accusative); with ׳ב, יִשָּׂא בְשִׁיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִי Job 7,13 my bed shall carry at (help carry) my grief, 4 Mos 11,17 take up and carry (idolatrous images) Amos 5,26; Es 46,7 bear ephod, 1 Sam 2,28; 1 Sam 14,3 + v1 Sam 14,18 (ᵐ5.), 1 Sam 22,18 (see Dr in HastingsDict. 726); in triumph Es 8,4.
\ \ b. especially bear guilt, or punishment 1 Mos 4,13 (J, עֲוֺנִי), often Ezekiel HP: עָוֺן ׳נ 3 Mos 5,1; 3 Mos 5,17; 3 Mos 7,18; 4 Mos 5,31; 4 Mos 14,34, compare 4 Mos 15,31 (all P), 3 Mos 17,16; 3 Mos 19,8; 3 Mos 20,17; 3 Mos 20,19 (H) Ezk 14,10; Ezk 44,12 (compare Hiph`il 3 Mos 22,16); חֵטְא ׳נ 3 Mos 20,20; 3 Mos 24,15 (H) 4 Mos 9,13 (P), compare Ezk 23,49 compare כְּלִמָּה ׳נ Ezk 16,52 (twice in verse), עֹנֶשׁ ׳נ Ord 19,19, ׳נ absolute Ord 9,12 עֲוֺן ֗֗֗ ׳נ = be responsible for 2 Mos 28,33; 4 Mos 18,1 (twice in verse) compare v4 Mos 18,23
**incur guilt 2 Mos 28,43 = bear guilt for others 3 Mos 10,17; 3 Mos 16,22 (of goat; + אֶלאֿרץ, construct praegn.), 4 Mos 30,16 (all P), Ezk 4,4; Ezk 4,5; Ezk 4,6, compare זְנוּתֵיכֶם ׳נ 4 Mos 14,33 חֵטְא ׳נ Es 53,12, compare חֳלָיֵנוּ ׳נ vEs 53,4 also בַּעֲוֺן ֗֗֗ ׳נ bear at (share in), Ezk 18,19; Ezk 18,20 (twice in verse).
\ \ c. support, sustain, on (על) wings 2 Mos 19,4; 5 Mos 32,11; Sl 91,12 (all figurative); land could not support them 1 Mos 13,6 (J), 1 Mos 36,7 (P).
\ \ d. endure Jer 15,15; Jer 31,19; Ezk 36,6; Job 34,31; Sl 55,13; Sl 69,8; Sl 88,16; Ord 18,14; Ord 30,21 suffer, bear with, permit Job 21,3.
\ \ e. bear, carry, וַיִּשָּׂא מֵאֵת פָּנָיו אֲלֵהֶם 1 Mos 43,34 (J) and they (indefinite) carried portions from his presence unto them; carry gifts as tribute 2 Sam 8,2; 2 Sam 8,6 later, bring an offering Sl 96,8 = 1 Kron 16,29; Ezk 20,31 (ᵐ5 Co בראשׁית; Toy following MT). feminine carry = contain, hold: bath to hold 1/10 homer Ezk 45,11.
\ \ g. bear fruit, of tree Hag 2,19; Joel 2,22, figurative Ezk 36,8 boughs Ezk 17,23 (in figurative); produce, yield, of mountains Job 40,20; Sl 72,3 (both with לְ for).
\ \ c. support, sustain, on (על) wings 2 Mos 19,4; 5 Mos 32,11; Sl 91,12 (all figurative); land could not support them 1 Mos 13,6 (J), 1 Mos 36,7 (P).
\ \ d. endure Jer 15,15; Jer 31,19; Ezk 36,6; Job 34,31; Sl 55,13; Sl 69,8; Sl 88,16; Ord 18,14; Ord 30,21 suffer, bear with, permit Job 21,3.
\ \ e. bear, carry, וַיִּשָּׂא מֵאֵת פָּנָיו אֲלֵהֶם 1 Mos 43,34 (J) and they (indefinite) carried portions from his presence unto them; carry gifts as tribute 2 Sam 8,2; 2 Sam 8,6 later, bring an offering Sl 96,8 = 1 Kron 16,29; Ezk 20,31 (ᵐ5 Co בראשׁית; Toy following MT). feminine carry = contain, hold: bath to hold 1/10 homer Ezk 45,11.
\ \ g. bear fruit, of tree Hag 2,19; Joel 2,22, figurative Ezk 36,8 boughs Ezk 17,23 (in figurative); produce, yield, of mountains Job 40,20; Sl 72,3 (both with לְ for).
3. Take, take away:
\ \ a. literal with מִן 1 Sam 17,34; 4 Mos 16,15 (unjustly).
\ \ b. take away, carry off, Dom 21,23; 1 Kong 15,22 = 2 Kron 16,6; 1 Kong 18,12; Klg 5,13; Mik 2,2; Jer 49,29 (ל person), Es 40,24; Es 41,16 +; take away head (מֵעַל person) 1 Mos 40,19 (see above); sweep away = destroy Job 32,22 (compare Niph`al 4); life 2 Sam 14,14.
\ \ c. take away, guilt, iniquity, transgression, etc., i.e. forgive, with accusative 1 Mos 50,17 (E), 2 Mos 32,32 (E), 2 Mos 10,17; 2 Mos 34,7 (J), 4 Mos 14,18 (JE), 1 Sam 15,25; Hos 14,3; Job 7,21 (|| הֶעֱכִיר עָוֺן), Sl 32,5 + ל person Mik 7,18 ל person, accusative omitted, 1 Mos 18,20 (J), 4 Mos 14,19 (J E; || סלח עָוֺן), Hos 1,6; Es 2,9 (probably gloss.), Sl 99,8 with ל of sin 1 Mos 50,17; 2 Mos 23,21 (both E), 1 Sam 25,28; Sl 25,18 נְשֻׂא עָוֺן Es 33,24 נְשׂוּיֿ פֶּשַׁע Sl 32,1. [In this sense ׳נ used in E; סלח in D P; both in J; ׳נ also in early prophets, Samuel and Job, and in earlier and latest Psalms; not in Jeremiah, Kings, Isa2, Lamentations, Chronicles, Daniel, which use סלח; see BrHexateuch 155.]
\ \ d. take as wife (usually with לְ for), late: Ezr 9,2; Ezr 9,12; Ezr 10,44; Neh 13,25; 2 Kron 11,21; 2 Kron 13,21; 2 Kron 24,3; Rut 1,4.
\ \ e. take an enumeration, usually with ראֹשׁ sum 2 Mos 30,12; 2 Mos 1,49; 2 Mos 4,2; 2 Mos 4,22; 2 Mos 26,2; 2 Mos 32,26; 2 Mos 32,49 (all P); with מִסְפָּר 4 Mos 3,40; 1 Kron 27,23. feminine take and carry away, receive, 5 Mos 33,3; 1 Kong 5,23; Sl 24,5 hence, obtain favour (חֶסֶד, חֵן) Est 2,9; Est 2,17 (both + לִפְנֵי), Est 5,2 (+ בְּעֵינָיו). — לְמַשְׂאוֺת אוֺתָהּ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ezk 17,9 (Co Berthol ׳לְיוֺם שְׂאֵת וגו) is usually rendered plucking it up (tearing it away) by the roots, but dubious; ׳נ not elsewhere in this sense.
\ \ a. literal with מִן 1 Sam 17,34; 4 Mos 16,15 (unjustly).
\ \ b. take away, carry off, Dom 21,23; 1 Kong 15,22 = 2 Kron 16,6; 1 Kong 18,12; Klg 5,13; Mik 2,2; Jer 49,29 (ל person), Es 40,24; Es 41,16 +; take away head (מֵעַל person) 1 Mos 40,19 (see above); sweep away = destroy Job 32,22 (compare Niph`al 4); life 2 Sam 14,14.
\ \ c. take away, guilt, iniquity, transgression, etc., i.e. forgive, with accusative 1 Mos 50,17 (E), 2 Mos 32,32 (E), 2 Mos 10,17; 2 Mos 34,7 (J), 4 Mos 14,18 (JE), 1 Sam 15,25; Hos 14,3; Job 7,21 (|| הֶעֱכִיר עָוֺן), Sl 32,5 + ל person Mik 7,18 ל person, accusative omitted, 1 Mos 18,20 (J), 4 Mos 14,19 (J E; || סלח עָוֺן), Hos 1,6; Es 2,9 (probably gloss.), Sl 99,8 with ל of sin 1 Mos 50,17; 2 Mos 23,21 (both E), 1 Sam 25,28; Sl 25,18 נְשֻׂא עָוֺן Es 33,24 נְשׂוּיֿ פֶּשַׁע Sl 32,1. [In this sense ׳נ used in E; סלח in D P; both in J; ׳נ also in early prophets, Samuel and Job, and in earlier and latest Psalms; not in Jeremiah, Kings, Isa2, Lamentations, Chronicles, Daniel, which use סלח; see BrHexateuch 155.]
\ \ d. take as wife (usually with לְ for), late: Ezr 9,2; Ezr 9,12; Ezr 10,44; Neh 13,25; 2 Kron 11,21; 2 Kron 13,21; 2 Kron 24,3; Rut 1,4.
\ \ e. take an enumeration, usually with ראֹשׁ sum 2 Mos 30,12; 2 Mos 1,49; 2 Mos 4,2; 2 Mos 4,22; 2 Mos 26,2; 2 Mos 32,26; 2 Mos 32,49 (all P); with מִסְפָּר 4 Mos 3,40; 1 Kron 27,23. feminine take and carry away, receive, 5 Mos 33,3; 1 Kong 5,23; Sl 24,5 hence, obtain favour (חֶסֶד, חֵן) Est 2,9; Est 2,17 (both + לִפְנֵי), Est 5,2 (+ בְּעֵינָיו). — לְמַשְׂאוֺת אוֺתָהּ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ezk 17,9 (Co Berthol ׳לְיוֺם שְׂאֵת וגו) is usually rendered plucking it up (tearing it away) by the roots, but dubious; ׳נ not elsewhere in this sense.
Niph`al Perfect נִשָּׂא Jer 51,9, ׳וְנ consecutive 2 Mos 25,28 +; Imperfect יִנָּשֵׂא Es 40,4 3 masculine plural יִנָּֽשְׂאוּ Ezk 1,19; Ezk 1,20; Ezk 1,21, יִנָּשׂוּא Jer 10,5, יִנָּשֵׂ֑אוּ Ord 30,13 3 feminine plural תִּנָּשֶׂאנָה Es 49,22, etc.; Imperative הִנָּשֵׂא Sl 7,7; Sl 94,2, masculine plural הִנָָּֽשְׂאוּ Sl 24,7 Infinitive הִנָּשֵׂא Ezk 1,19, suffix הִנָָּֽשְׂאָם Ezk 1,21 Participle נִשָּׂא Es 2,2 +, feminine נִשָּׂאָה Es 30,25, נִשֵּׂאת Zak 5,7; 1 Kron 14,2, etc.; — 2 Sam 19,43 is dubious, and participle (Ol§ 192 c Köi. 632 f.) inexplicable; read נִשּׂא (Infinitive absolute Niph`al) Dr (compare Th), or מַשְׂאֵת portion Gr HPS; > BaNB 90 thinks נִשֵּׂאת Infinitive Niph`al with compensative ending; —
1. be lifted up,
\ \ a. literal Zak 5,7; Ezk 1,19; Ezk 1,21 (both מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ), vEzk 1,19 vEzk 1,20 vEzk 1,21 (all in vision), of valleys Es 40,4 of gates Sl 24,7 + vSl 24,9 b (read Niph`al); of eyelids Ord 30,13 (superciliousness); metaphor of judgment on Babylon reaching up to the sky (עַד); participle = elevated, exalted Es 6,1 (of ׳י's throne, in vision); of lofty hills Es 2,14; Es 30,25; Es 57,7, compare Mik 4,1 = Es 2,2 מִן lifted from out the hills), once of trees Es 2,13 (text dubious); generally, Es 2,12.
\ \ b. figurative, be exalted, of king, 2 Kron 32,23, kingdom 1 Kron 14,2, servant of ׳י Es 52,13, ׳י himself Es 57,15.
\ \ a. literal Zak 5,7; Ezk 1,19; Ezk 1,21 (both מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ), vEzk 1,19 vEzk 1,20 vEzk 1,21 (all in vision), of valleys Es 40,4 of gates Sl 24,7 + vSl 24,9 b (read Niph`al); of eyelids Ord 30,13 (superciliousness); metaphor of judgment on Babylon reaching up to the sky (עַד); participle = elevated, exalted Es 6,1 (of ׳י's throne, in vision); of lofty hills Es 2,14; Es 30,25; Es 57,7, compare Mik 4,1 = Es 2,2 מִן lifted from out the hills), once of trees Es 2,13 (text dubious); generally, Es 2,12.
\ \ b. figurative, be exalted, of king, 2 Kron 32,23, kingdom 1 Kron 14,2, servant of ׳י Es 52,13, ׳י himself Es 57,15.
4. be taken away, carried off, 2 Kong 20,17 (ה locative) = Es 39,6 be swept away (of multitude) Dan 11,12 (compare Bev Behrm, Prince, see also Qal 3; Ew Hi as 2, see Dr).
Pi`el Perfect נִשֵּׂא 2 Sam 5,12, נִשָּׂא (analogue of ה ׳ל) 2 Sam 19,43; 1 Kong 9,11, וְנִשָּׂא consecutive Amos 4,2, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיְנַשְּׂאֵ֫הוּ Est 3,1, וַיְנַשְּׂאֵם Es 63,9 3 masculine plural suffix יְנַשְּׂאוּהוּ Ezr 1,4 Imperative masculine singular suffix נַשְּׂאֵם Sl 28,9 Participle plural מְנַשְּׂאִים Jer 22,27 + 2 t.; —
1. lift up = exalt, kingdom 2 Sam 5,12 (|| Niph`al 1 Kron 14,2), person Est 5,11 (עַל), compare Est 3,1 = support, aid, assist Ezr 8,36; Est 9,3 with ב aid with trees (supply with) 1 Kong 9,11, so Ezr 1,4.
4. take, take away 2 Sam 19,43 (ל for; but see Niph`al above); Amos 4,2 (ב instrumental; We Now וְנָָֽשְׂאוּ). —
Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְנַשָּׂ֑א 4 Mos 23,24 3 feminine singular תִּנַּשֵּׂא 4 Mos 24,7 2 masculine singular תִּתְנַשֵּׂא Ezk 29,15 3 masculine plural יִנַּשְּׂאוּ Dan 11,14 2 masculine plural תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּ 4 Mos 16,3 Infinitive הִתְנַשֵּׂא Ezk 17,14; Ord 30,32 Participle מִתְנַשֵּׂא 1 Kong 1,5; 1 Kron 29,11 — lift oneself up, like a lion 4 Mos 23,24 (JE); participle he who exalts himself 1 Kron 29,11 (+ לְכֹל לְראֹשׁ) as human ruler (Kau), > (sc. אַתָּה) of ׳י as ruler; Ew§ 160 e Ke Be as substantive [infinitive of Aramaic form], the exaltation; of a kingdom 4 Mos 24,7 (JE), compare Ezk 17,14 in arrogance 1 Kong 1,5; 4 Mos 16,3 (P; with עַלֿ), Ezk 29,15 (with עַל), Ord 30,32; Dan 11,14. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive
1. cause one to bear iniquity (2 accusative) וְהִשִּׂ֫יאוּ 3 Mos 22,16.
2. apparently cause to bring, have brought, וְהִשִּׂיאוּ 2 Sam 17,13 (with accusative of thing + אֶל location), but very dubious; Ki Kit Bu וְיָשִׂימוּ HPS וְהֵבִיאוּ; > We הֵשִׂימוּ.
Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.