נשא

Aramaic

Verb

נשא • (transliteration needed)

1. to bear, to carry

Hebrew

Root
נ־שׂ־א‎ (n-ś-ʾ)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *naśaʔ- (“lift, raise”). Compare Akkadian 𒈾𒋗𒌑𒌝 (našûm) and Arabic نَشَأَ‎ (našaʔa).

Verb

נָשָׂא • (nasá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לָשֵׂאת‎, future יישא / יִשָּׂא‎, passive counterpart נישא / נִשָּׂא‎)

1. to lift
   • Psalms 121:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי‎

     shir la-maʿalót esá 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. to bear, carry, support
   • 2014, “Leviathan”‎^[1]performed by Daniela Spector:

     ‏אבל אתה נושא אותי כל השנים כמו היית לווייתן ואני יונה.‎‎

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

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

   • Deuteronomy 24:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏בְּיוֹמוֹ תִתֵּן שְׂכָרוֹ וְלֹא־תָבוֹא עָלָיו הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כִּי עָנִי הוּא וְאֵלָיו הוּא נֹשֵׂא 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 hu nosé 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, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord and it be sin in thee.

3. to endure
4. to deliver (a speech), to say (often in an oath)
   • Exodus 20:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

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

     Lo tisá et shem Adonái Elohékha la-sháv ki lo ynaqéh Adonái et ashér yisá et shmó la-shav

     Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.

Conjugation

Conjugation of נָשָׂא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לָשֵׂאת‎ action noun: נְשִׂיאָה‎ passive participle: נָשׂוּא‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	נָשָׂאתִי‎		נָשָׂאנוּ‎
	second	נָשָׂאתָ‎	נָשָׂאת‎	נְשָׂאתֶם‎1	נְשָׂאתֶן‎1
	third	נָשָׂא	נָשְׂאָה‎	נָשְׂאוּ‎
present		נוֹשֵׂא‎	נוֹשֵׂאת‎	נוֹשְׂאִים‎	נוֹשְׂאוֹת‎
future	first	אֶשָּׂא‎		נישא / נִשָּׂא‎
	second	תישא / תִּשָּׂא‎	תישאי / תִּשְּׂאִי‎	תישאו / תִּשְּׂאוּ‎	תישאנה / תִּשֶּׂאנָה‎2
	third	יישא / יִשָּׂא‎	תישא / תִּשָּׂא‎	יישאו / יִשְּׂאוּ‎	תישאנה / תִּשֶּׂאנָה‎2
imperative		שָׂא‎	שְׂאִי‎	שְׂאוּ‎	שֶׂאנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced נָשָׂאתֶם‎ and נָשָׂאתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• נָשָׂא וְנָתַן‎ (nasá v'natán)

See also

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

Verb

נִשָּׂא • (nisá) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction)

1. defective spelling of נישא‎.

Verb

נִשֵּׂא • (nisé) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of נישא‎.

References

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

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic نَسَأَ‎ (nasaʔa, “to postpone, to defer, to delay”)

Verb

נָשָׁא • (nashá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. To lead astray, that is, (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce, to beguile, to deceive
   • Jeremiah 4:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

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

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

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

2. Alternative spelling of נָשָׁה‎ (nasháh, “act as a usurer, lend on interest”)
   • Nehemiah 5:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיִּמָּלֵךְ לִבִּי עָלַי וָאָרִיבָה אֶת הַחֹרִים וְאֶת הַסְּגָנִים וָאֹמְרָה לָהֶם מַשָּׁא אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו אַתֶּם נֹשִׁאים וָאֶתֵּן עֲלֵיהֶם קְהִלָּה גְדוֹלָה‎

     va-yimalékh libí ʿalái va-aríva et ha-ḥorím v-et ha-sganím va-omráh lahém mashá ish b-aḥív atém noshím va-etén ʿaleihem q'hiláh g'doláh

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of נָשָׁא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לישוא / לִשֹּׁא‎ action noun: נְשִׁיאָה‎ passive participle: נָשׁוּא‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	נָשָׁאתִי‎		נָשָׁאנוּ‎
	second	נָשָׁאתָ‎	נָשָׁאת‎	נְשָׁאתֶם‎1	נְשָׁאתֶן‎1
	third	נָשָׁא	נָשְׁאָה‎	נָשְׁאוּ‎
present		נוֹשֵׁא‎	נוֹשֵׁאת‎	נוֹשְׁאִים‎	נוֹשְׁאוֹת‎
future	first	אֶשָּׁא‎		נישא / נִשָּׁא‎
	second	תישא / תִּשָּׁא‎	תישאי / תִּשְּׁאִי‎	תישאו / תִּשְּׁאוּ‎	תישאנה / תִּשֶּׁאנָה‎2
	third	יישא / יִשָּׁא‎	תישא / תִּשָּׁא‎	יישאו / יִשְּׁאוּ‎	תישאנה / תִּשֶּׁאנָה‎2
imperative		נְשָׁא	נִשְׁאִי‎	נִשְׁאוּ‎	נְשֶׁאנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced נָשָׁאתֶם‎ and נָשָׁאתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

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

Anagrams

• אנ״ש‎, שנא‎