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title: נָשַׁק — kiss · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשַׁק (5401), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: kiss. BDB 1906: vb. kiss Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָשַׁק

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«נָשַׁק» 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 5401 · **BDB:** נָשַׁק

### Glosses

he.kissed (12); kiss (4); he (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kiss [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5401/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. kiss Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5401/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. kiss (NH id., Assyrian našâku, 𝔗 נְשֵׁיק, נְשַׁק, Syriac ܢܫܰܩ, kiss (orig. smell \[نَشِقَ\] according to LagNov. Psalt. Spec. 24 f.): Arabic نَسَقَ is fasten together, arrange in order, Ethiopic ንሱቅ pt. ordine dispositus, apte sertus Di 641, poss. akin to II. נשׁק);— Pf. 3 ms. נ׳ 1 K 19:18 2 S 15:5; 3 fs. נָֽשְׁקָה Pr 7:13; 3 pl. נָשָׁ֑קוּ ψ 85:11; Impf. יִשַּׁק Gn 41:40, וַיִּשַּׁק 27:27 +; sf. יִשָּׁקֵ֫נִי Ct 1:2; 1 s. cohort. אֶשֳּׁקָה־ 1 K 19:20; 3 mpl. יִשָּׁק֑וּן Ho 13:2, etc.; Imv. וּשֲׁקָה Gn 27:26; Inf. cstr. נְשָׁק־ 2 S 20:9;—kiss, usually c. לְ pers.: Gn 27:26, 27; 29:11; 50:1 Ex 4:27 (all J), Gn 48:10 Ex 18:7 (both E), 2 S 15:5; 14:33; 19:40; 20:9 1 K 19:20 Pr 7:13 Ru 1:9, 14; so of idol-worship 1 K 19:18 (cf. WeSkizzen iii. 105; Heid. 109), cf. וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי Jb 31:27 and my hand hath kissed my mouth; rarely c. acc. pers. 1 S 20:41 (אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ), sf. pers. 1 S 10:1 Ct 1:2 (+ מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת), 8:1, also Gn 33:4 וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ (J; Holz E; wd. suspicious, Di rejects); עֲגָלִים יִשּׁ׳ Ho 13:2 calves do they kiss; שְׂפָתַיִם יִשָּׁ֑ק Pr 24:26 lips he kisses; abs. ψ 85:11 (fig., recipr.).—עַל־פִּיךָ יִשַּׁק Gn 41:40 is dub., Di ‘to thy mouth all my people shall yield’ (fit, adapt themselves, cf. Arabic √), so Kau BuhlLex, but this meaning uncertain, and text perhaps corrupt, v. Di Holz). Impf. 3 ms. וַיְנַשֵּׁק Gn 32:1; 45:15, וַיְנַשֶּׁק־ 29:13; Imv. mpl. נַשְּׁקוּ־ ψ 2:12; Inf. cstr. נַשֵּׁק Gn 31:28;—kiss = Qal: c. לְ pers. Gn 29:13 (J), 31:28; 32:1; 45:15 (all E); נַשְּׁקוּ־בַר ψ 2:12 is dub., cf. i. בַּר p. 135 a supr. Pt. מַשִּׁיקוֹת Ez 3:13 of wings of cherubim, gently touching each other (c. אֶל־).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָשַׁק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5401/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 24:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.26/)

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שְׂפָתַ֥יִם יִשָּׁ֑ק מֵ֝שִׁ֗יב דְּבָרִ֥ים נְכֹחִֽים׃

*Word for word:* lips he.kisses \[one.who\].brings.back words straightforward

*JPS 1917:* He kisseth the lips that giveth a right answer.

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[Psalms 85:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.85.11/)

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חֶֽסֶד־וֶאֱמֶ֥ת נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ צֶ֖דֶק וְשָׁל֣וֹם נָשָֽׁקוּ׃

*Word for word:* covenant.loyalty and faithfulness they.meet.one.another righteousness and peace they.kiss

*JPS 1917:* Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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