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

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«נָשִׂיא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rising mist** — 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:נָשִׂיא · **BDB:** נָשִׂיא²

### Glosses

clouds (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rising mist [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b4_5c2_5d9_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

rising mist, vapour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b4_5c2_5d9_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] rising mist, vapour (Arabic نَشْءٌ, نَشِىٌٔ );—only pl. נְשִׂאִים vapours, forming clouds, and portending rain, Je 10:13 = 51:16, ψ 135:7, נְשִׂיאִים Pr 25:14.

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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, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָשִׂיא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b4_5c2_5d9_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.14/)

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נְשִׂיאִ֣ים וְ֭רוּחַ וְגֶ֣שֶׁם אָ֑יִן אִ֥ישׁ מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל בְּמַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר׃

*Word for word:* clouds and wind and rain there.\[is\].not a.person \[who\].boasts in a.gift of.falsehood

*JPS 1917:* As vapours and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of a false gift.

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[Psalms 135:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.135.7/)

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מַֽעֲלֶ֣ה נְשִׂאִים֮ מִקְצֵ֪ה הָ֫אָ֥רֶץ בְּרָקִ֣ים לַמָּטָ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה מֽוֹצֵא־ר֝וּחַ מֵאֽוֹצְרוֹתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].bringing.up clouds from the.end of the.earth lightning.flashes for the rain he.makes \[he.is\].bringing.out wind from storehouses his

*JPS 1917:* Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the rain; He bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries.

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