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title: נָסִיךְ — prince · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָסִיךְ (lemma:נָסִיךְ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: prince. BDB 1906: n.m. prince. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָסִיךְ

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«נָסִיךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prince** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:נָסִיךְ · **BDB:** נָסִיךְ²

### Glosses

princes (3); the.princes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prince [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e1_5b4_5d9_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. prince [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e1_5b4_5d9_5da_5b0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. prince;—pl. cstr. נְסִיכֵי Jos 13:21; Ez 32:30; Mi 5:4; sf. נְסִיכֵמוֹ ψ 83:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «נָסִיךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e1_5b4_5d9_5da_5b0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 83:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.12/)

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שִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ נְ֭דִיבֵמוֹ כְּעֹרֵ֣ב וְכִזְאֵ֑ב וּֽכְזֶ֥בַח וּ֝כְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע כָּל־נְסִיכֵֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* make them their.noble \[people\] like Oreb and like Zeeb and like Zebah and like Zalmunna all princes their

*JPS 1917:* Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

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[Micah 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.5.4/)

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וְהָיָ֥ה זֶ֖ה שָׁל֑וֹם אַשּׁ֣וּר ׀ כִּֽי־יָב֣וֹא בְאַרְצֵ֗נוּ וְכִ֤י יִדְרֹךְ֙ בְּאַרְמְנֹתֵ֔ינוּ וַהֲקֵמֹ֤נוּ עָלָיו֙ שִׁבְעָ֣ה רֹעִ֔ים וּשְׁמֹנָ֖ה נְסִיכֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.be this.\[one\] peace Assyria (dm) it.will.come in land our and (dm) it.will.tread on fortresses our and we.will.raise.up on him seven shepherds and eight princes of.man

*JPS 1917:* And this shall be peace: when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight princes among men.

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