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title: נְשָׂא — lift · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: נְשָׂא (lemma:נְשָׂא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: lift. BDB 1906: vb. lift, take, carry. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְשָׂא

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«נְשָׂא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **lift** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:נְשָׂא · **BDB:** נְשָׂא

### Glosses

\[was\].rising.up (1); it.carried.away (1); take! (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lift, take, carry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lift, take, carry (cf. BH; rare in Aramaic; v. נְסִי, נְסָא ChWB, NHWB);— Pf. 3 ms. נ׳ Dn 2:35 carry away (of wind, c. acc. rei); Imv. ms. שֵׂא Ezr 5:15 take (acc. vessels). make a rising, an insurrection: Pt. fs. מִתְנַשְּׂאָה Ezr 4:19, עַל pers.

### Jastrow 1903

נְשָׂא: to lift up to bring, offer to move, stir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** to lift up, v. נְסֵי. to bring, offer. Pesik. B’shall., p. 90ᵇ, sq. אימיה נשא (Ms. O. נַשְׂאָה) his mother was bringing (the bread); v., however, נְסַח. (neut. verb) to move, stir. Taan. 24ᵃ; B. Mets. 85ᵇ, v. נְשַׁב.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְשָׂא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.15/)

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וַאֲמַר־לֵ֓הּ ׀ אֵ֚ל מָֽאנַיָּ֔א שֵׂ֚א אֵֽזֶל־אֲחֵ֣ת הִמּ֔וֹ בְּהֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּבֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א יִתְבְּנֵ֥א עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said to him these the vessels take! go! deposit! them in the temple which \[is\].in Jerusalem and the.house of.(the) God let.it.be.built on place its

*JPS 1917:* and he said unto him: Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.

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[Ezra 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.19/)

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וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ וּבַקַּ֣רוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֔חוּ דִּ֚י קִרְיְתָ֣א דָ֔ךְ מִן־יוֹמָת֙ עָֽלְמָ֔א עַל־מַלְכִ֖ין מִֽתְנַשְּׂאָ֑ה וּמְרַ֥ד וְאֶשְׁתַּדּ֖וּר מִתְעֲבֶד־בַּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and from me it.was.made a.decree and they.searched and they.found (diy).that the city this from the.days of.(the) antiquity against kings \[was\].rising.up and rebellion and revolt \[have\].been.done by it

*JPS 1917:* And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

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