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title: נָסַס — be sick · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָסַס (5263), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be sick. BDB 1906: vb. be sick. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָסַס

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«נָסַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be sick** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5263 · **BDB:** נָסַס

### Glosses

\[one.who.is\].sick (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be sick [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5263/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be sick [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5263/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be sick (?; cf. Syriac ܢܰܣ id., and especially ܢܰܣܺܝܣ debilis, infirmus, aegrotans, etc., PS2387; 𝔗 נְסַס be sad; Assyrian nasâsu, wail, lament DlHWB 427; Arabic نَسَّ is go at a gentle pace);—only Pt. act. (si vera l.) כִּמְסֹס נֹסֵס Is 10:18 like the wasting away of a sick man (so Thes Ew De Che Di Du).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָסַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5263/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.18/)

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וּכְב֤וֹד יַעְרוֹ֙ וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹ מִנֶּ֥פֶשׁ וְעַד־בָּשָׂ֖ר יְכַלֶּ֑ה וְהָיָ֖ה כִּמְסֹ֥ס נֹסֵֽס׃

*Word for word:* and the.splendor his.forest his and orchard his from breath and unto flesh it.will.bring.to.an.end and it.will.be as wastes.away \[one.who.is\].sick

*JPS 1917:* And the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, he will consume both soul and body; and it shall be as when a sick man wasteth away.

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