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title: נָשָׁא — beguile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשָׁא (5377), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: beguile. BDB 1906: vb. Niph.Hiph. beguile, deceive. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָשָׁא

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«נָשָׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beguile** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 5377 · **BDB:** נָשָׁא²

### Glosses

let.him.deceive (3); it (2); let (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beguile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5377/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Niph.Hiph. beguile, deceive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5377/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Niph.Hiph. beguile, deceive;—(kindred with I. שׁוא, from which, however, the forms can hardly be derived (conj. WeComp 2. 351));— Pf. 3 pl. נִשְּׁאוּ Is 19:13 the princes have been beguiled (‖ נוֹאֲלוּ, הִתְעוּ). Pf. הִשִּׁיא Je 49:16, sf. הִשִּׁאַ֫נִי Gn 3:13, הִשִּׁיאֶ֑ךָ Ob 3; 2 ms. הִשֵּׁאתָ Je 4:10; 3 pl. sf. הִשִּׁיא֫וּךָ Ob 7; Impf. only juss. יַשִּׁיא 2 Ch 32:15, so ψ 55:16 Qr (v. infr.); יַשִּׁ(י)א 2 K 18:29 Is 36:14, sf. יַשִּׁאֲךָ 2 K 19:10 Is 37:10; 2 mpl. תַּשִּׁאוּ Je 37:9; Inf. abs. הַשֵּׁא Je 4:10;—beguile, usually c. acc. pers. Gn 3:13 (J; not elsewhere Hex); Je 49:16 Ob 3, 7; אַל־יַשִּׁאֲךָ 2 K 19:10 let not thy God beguile thee = Is 37:10, of Hezekiah 2 Ch 32:15 (cf. infr.), אַל־תַּשִּׁאוּ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם Je 37:9 do not deceive yourselves; also sq. ל pers. אַל־יַשִּׁא לָכֶם 2 K 18:29 = Is 36:14 (= 2 Ch 32:15, v. supr.), Je 29:8; הַשֵּׁא הִשֵּׁאתָ לָעָם הַזֶּה 4:10 thou hast utterly beguiled this people; ישׁימות עָלֵימוֹ ψ 55:16 Kt appar. = desolations (be) upon them! (but elsewhere only in n.pr.loc., cf. p. 445 supr.), יַשִּׁיא מָוֶת עלימו Ew Ol Pe De Now Hup, cf. 𝔊, let death (beguile them, i.e.) come deceitfully upon them! Brüll Che, cf. Bae, conj. plausibly יַשִּׁיא מָוֶת יִבְלָעֵמוֹ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָשָׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5377/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.13/)

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נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן נִשְּׁא֖וּ שָׂ֣רֵי נֹ֑ף הִתְע֥וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם פִּנַּ֥ת שְׁבָטֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* they.have.become.fools the.officials of.Zoan they.have.been.deceived the.officials of.Memphis they.have.misled (et) Egypt the.corner its.tribes her

*JPS 1917:* The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

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[Isaiah 36:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.36.14/)

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כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אַל־יַשִּׁ֥א לָכֶ֖ם חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּ֥י לֹֽא־יוּכַ֖ל לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶתְכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says the king not let.him.deceive (to) you Hezekiah (dm) not he.will.be.able to deliver you

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the king: Let not Hezekiah beguile you, for he will not be able to deliver you;

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