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title: נִסְרֹךְ — Nisroch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִסְרֹךְ (5268), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Nisroch. BDB 1906: n.pr.div. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִסְרֹךְ

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«נִסְרֹךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nisroch** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5268 · **BDB:** נִסְרֹךְ

### Glosses

of.Nisroch (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nisroch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5268/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.div. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5268/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.div. Assyrian god, worshipped by Sennach., 2 K 19:37 = Is 37:38; 𝔊 Εσδραχ, A Εσθραχ, 𝔊L Ασραχ (K); 𝔊 Νασαραχ, א Ασαρακ, A Ασαραχ (Is); JosAnt. x. 1, 5 Αρασκη; no such god in cuneif. inscr.; see views in MeinhJesaiaerzählungen (1898) ad loc.; crpt. form of Nusku (= נסוך) according to HalJAs. xiii (1879), 387 = Mél. de Crit. 177 Muss-ArnoltJBL xi. 1 (1892), 86; Hbr. vii. 89 R. 17; Nusku is a solar deity, cf. JastrRel. Bab. 220 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «נִסְרֹךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5268/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 19:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.37/)

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וַיְהִי֩ ה֨וּא מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜ה בֵּ֣ית ׀ נִסְרֹ֣ךְ אֱלֹהָ֗יו וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶר בָּנָיו֙הִכֻּ֣הוּ בַחֶ֔רֶב וְהֵ֥מָּה נִמְלְט֖וּ אֶ֣רֶץ אֲרָרָ֑ט וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ןאֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was he \[was\].bowing.down the.house of.Nisroch god his and Adrammelech and Sharezer sons his they struck.him.down with the sword and they they.escaped the.land of.Ararat and he.became.king Esarhaddon Esarhaddon son his in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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[Isaiah 37:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.38/)

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וַיְהִי֩ ה֨וּא מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜ה בֵּ֣ית ׀ נִסְרֹ֣ךְ אֱלֹהָ֗יו וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶר בָּנָיו֙ הִכֻּ֣הוּ בַחֶ֔רֶב וְהֵ֥מָּה נִמְלְט֖וּ אֶ֣רֶץ אֲרָרָ֑ט וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ןאֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.was he \[was\].bowing.down the.house of.Nisroch god his and Adrammelech and Sharezer sons his they struck.him.down with the sword and they they.escaped the.land of.Ararat and he.became.king Esarhaddon Esarhaddon son his in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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