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title: נָשַׁק — handle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשַׁק (lemma:נָשַׁק), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: handle. BDB 1906: vb. handle be equipped with. 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: **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:** lemma:נָשַׁק · **BDB:** נָשַׁק²

### Glosses

\[men\].equipped (1); \[they.were\].equipped (1); \[were\].equipped (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

handle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. handle be equipped with [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. exact meaning uncertain; prob. either handle, or be equipped with (cf. perhaps Arabic نَسَقَ, etc., sub I. נשׁק);—only Pt. pl. cstr. נֹשְׁקֵי:—נ׳ קֶשֶׁת 1 Ch 12:2 equipped with the bow, so 2 Ch 17:17 (+ מָגֵן); נ׳ רוֹמֵי קֶשֶׁת ψ 78:9 is difficult, ר׳ appos. of נ׳ according to Hup-Now Bae al. (Ges§ 130 e); del. רוֹמֵי as explan. gloss Hup Hi Che Kau; del. ver. as gloss Hup Kau Bae.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.9/)

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בְּֽנֵי־אֶפְרַ֗יִם נוֹשְׁקֵ֥י רוֹמֵי־קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּי֣וֹם קְרָֽב׃

*Word for word:* the.people of.Ephraim \[were\].equipped of.shooters of.a.bow they.turned.back on.\[the\] day of.battle

*JPS 1917:* The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.

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[2 Chronicles 17:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.17.17/)

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וּמִ֨ן־בִּנְיָמִ֔ן גִּבּ֥וֹר חַ֖יִל אֶלְיָדָ֑ע וְעִמּ֛וֹ נֹֽשְׁקֵי־קֶ֥שֶׁת וּמָגֵ֖ן מָאתַ֥יִם אָֽלֶף׃ס

*Word for word:* and from Benjamin a.mighty.\[man\] of.strength Eliada and.\[were\] with him \[men\].equipped of.bow and shield two.hundred thousand

*JPS 1917:* and of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

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