נשא

עברית

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נשא¹

Where it comes from

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

verb נָשָׂא · nasá · לָשֵׂאת · יישא · יִשָּׂא · נישא

  1. construction pa'al to lift שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי
  2. construction pa'al to bear, carry, support אבל אתה נושא אותי כל השנים כמו היית לווייתן ואני יונה.
  3. construction pa'al to endure
  4. construction pa'al to deliver (a speech), to say (often in an oath) לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת־שֵׁם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה יְהוָה אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא׃

verb נִשָּׂא · nisá

  1. construction nif'al, misspelling defective spelling of נישא

verb נִשֵּׂא · nisé

  1. construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of נישא

נשא²

Where it comes from

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

verb נָשָׁא · nashá · לשוא · לִשֹּׁא · נְשִׁיאָה · נָשׁוּא

  1. construction pa'al To lead astray, that is, (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce, to beguile, to deceive וָאֹמַר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אָכֵן הַשֵּׁא הִשֵּׁאתָ לָעָם הַזֶּה וְלִירוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר שָׁלוֹם יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְנָגְעָה חֶרֶב עַד הַנָּפֶשׁ
  2. alternative, construction pa'al alternative spelling of נָשָׁה (nasháh, “act as a usurer, lend on interest”) וַיִּמָּלֵךְ לִבִּי עָלַי וָאָרִיבָה אֶת הַחֹרִים וְאֶת הַסְּגָנִים וָאֹמְרָה לָהֶם מַשָּׁא אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו אַתֶּם נֹשִׁאים וָאֶתֵּן עֲלֵיהֶם קְהִלָּה גְדוֹלָה

In English

  • take to carry
  • bear to carry
  • carry to transport by lifting
  • carrier person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptom
  • marry to take a husband or wife

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {נשא},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%90},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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