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title: נשׂק — handle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נשׂק (5400), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: handle. BDB 1906: vb. kindle, burn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נשׂק

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«נשׂק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **handle** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5400 · **BDB:** שָׂלַק

### Glosses

he.kindles.a.fire (1); it.was.kindled (1); they.will.kindle.a.fire (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

handle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5400/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. kindle, burn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5400/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. kindle, burn (Ecclus 43:4margin הִסִּיק, v 21, 23 הִשִּׂיק, burn; Aramaic (also Biblical Aramaic) סְלַק ascend, Aph. cause to go up (in flame), offer sacrifice; ܣܠܶܩ, Palm. סלק, ascend);— Pf. 3 fs. אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָה בְיַעֲקֹב ψ 78:21 a fire was kindled against Jacob. make a fire, burn: Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְהִשִּׂיקוּ, c. ב rei Ez 39:9; Impf. 3 ms. abs. יַשִּׂיק Is 44:15 (both ‖ בִּעֵר).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נשׂק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5400/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.21/)

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לָכֵ֤ן ׀ שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֥ר וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְגַם־אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* therefore he.heard Yahweh and he.was.furious and fire it.was.kindled in Jacob and also anger it.went.up in Israel

*JPS 1917:* Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;

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[Isaiah 44:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.15/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה לְאָדָם֙ לְבָעֵ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֵהֶם֙ וַיָּ֔חָם אַף־יַשִּׂ֖יק וְאָ֣פָה לָ֑חֶם אַף־יִפְעַל־אֵל֙ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ עָשָׂ֥הוּ פֶ֖סֶל וַיִּסְגָּד־לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.belongs to anyone to burn and he.took some of.them and he.became.warm also he.kindles.a.fire and he.bakes bread also he.makes a.god and he.bowed.down he makes.it an.idol and he.prostrated.himself to it

*JPS 1917:* Then a man useth it for fuel; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

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