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title: נְשִׁיקָה — kiss · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְשִׁיקָה (5390), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: kiss. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְשִׁיקָה

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«נְשִׁיקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kiss** — 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:** 5390 · **BDB:** נְשִׁיקָה

### Glosses

\[the\].kisses (1); the.kisses (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kiss [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5390/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5390/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. kiss;—only pl. cstr.: יִשָּׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ Ct 1:2; נְשִׁיקוֹת שׂוֹנֵא Pr 27:6 kisses of an enemy.

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְשִׁיקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5390/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.6/)

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נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אוֹהֵ֑ב וְ֝נַעְתָּר֗וֹת נְשִׁיק֥וֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].reliable \[the\].bruises of.\[one.who\].loves and.\[are\] abundant \[the\].kisses of.\[one.who\].hates

*JPS 1917:* Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.

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[Song of Songs 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.2/)

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יִשָּׁקֵ֙נִי֙ מִנְּשִׁיק֣וֹת פִּ֔יהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִ֥ים דֹּדֶ֖יךָ מִיָּֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* let him.kiss.me from the.kisses his.mouth his (dm) \[are\].good love(s) your more than.wine

*JPS 1917:* Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for thy love is better than wine.

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