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title: נִמְשִׁי — Nimshi · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִמְשִׁי (5250), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Nimshi. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִמְשִׁי

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«נִמְשִׁי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nimshi** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5250 · **BDB:** נִמְשִׁי

### Glosses

of.Nimshi (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nimshi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5250/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5250/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. grandfather of Jehu 2 K 9:2, 14; יֵהוּא בֶן־נ׳ 1 K 19:16; 2 K 9:20; 2 Ch 22:7; 𝔊 Ναμεσθει, Ναμεσ(σ)ει.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִמְשִׁי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5250/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 19:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.19.16/)

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וְאֵת֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁ֔י תִּמְשַׁ֥ח לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאֶת־אֱלִישָׁ֤ע בֶּן־שָׁפָט֙ מֵאָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה תִּמְשַׁ֥ח לְנָבִ֖יא תַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Jehu the.son of.Nimshi you.will.anoint to king over Israel and (et) Elisha the.son of.Shaphat from Abel Meholah you.will.anoint to prophet in place.of.you

*JPS 1917:* and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

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[2 Kings 9:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.20/)

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וַיַּגֵּ֤ד הַצֹּפֶה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֥א עַד־אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֑ב וְהַמִּנְהָ֗ג כְּמִנְהַג֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁ֔י כִּ֥י בְשִׁגָּע֖וֹן יִנְהָֽג׃

*Word for word:* and he.reported the watchman (cmp) he.came to to them and not he.has.turned.back and the driving \[is\].like the.driving of.Jehu the.son of.Nimshi (dm) with madness he.drives

*JPS 1917:* And the watchman told, saying: 'He came even unto them, and cometh not back; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.'

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