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title: נָשֶׁה — a vein · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשֶׁה (5384), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a vein. BDB 1906: vein nerve in the thigh. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָשֶׁה

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«נָשֶׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a vein** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5384 · **BDB:** נָשֶׁה

### Glosses

the.hip.nerve (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a vein [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5384/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vein nerve in the thigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5384/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a vein (or nerve) in the thigh (etym. dub.; on format. cf. LagBN 50; Arabic نَسًا appar. the portion of the principal vein of the leg which is in the thigh, vulg. sciatic vein, or (mod.) sciatic nerve and even sciatica, Lane 3033);—only גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה Gn 32:33 a the sinew of the thigh-vein (or thigh-nerve, אֲשֶׁר עַל־כַּף הַיָּרֵךְ cf. v 33b.—On sacredness of thigh, cf. RSSem i. 360; 2nd ed. 380 WeHeid. (2), 168.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָשֶׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5384/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 32:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.33/)

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עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יֹאכְל֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־גִּ֣יד הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־כַּ֣ף הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י נָגַע֙ בְּכַף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּגִ֖יד הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* therefore not they.eat the.people of.Israel (et) the.tendon of the.hip.nerve which \[is\].on the.socket of the.thigh until the day (the) this (dm) he.touched (in).the socket of.the.thigh of.Jacob (in).the tendon of the.hip.nerve

*JPS 1917:* Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.

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