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title: נָשָׁא — beguile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשָׁא (lemma:נָשָׁא), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: beguile. BDB 1906: vb. Niph.Hiph. beguile, deceive. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָשָׁא

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«נָשָׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beguile** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:נָשָׁא · **BDB:** נָשָׁא²

### Glosses

he.will.deceive (1); may.it.deceive (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beguile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Niph.Hiph. beguile, deceive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Niph.Hiph. beguile, deceive;—(kindred with I. שׁוא, from which, however, the forms can hardly be derived (conj. WeComp 2. 351));— Pf. 3 pl. נִשְּׁאוּ Is 19:13 the princes have been beguiled (‖ נוֹאֲלוּ, הִתְעוּ). Pf. הִשִּׁיא Je 49:16, sf. הִשִּׁאַ֫נִי Gn 3:13, הִשִּׁיאֶ֑ךָ Ob 3; 2 ms. הִשֵּׁאתָ Je 4:10; 3 pl. sf. הִשִּׁיא֫וּךָ Ob 7; Impf. only juss. יַשִּׁיא 2 Ch 32:15, so ψ 55:16 Qr (v. infr.); יַשִּׁ(י)א 2 K 18:29 Is 36:14, sf. יַשִּׁאֲךָ 2 K 19:10 Is 37:10; 2 mpl. תַּשִּׁאוּ Je 37:9; Inf. abs. הַשֵּׁא Je 4:10;—beguile, usually c. acc. pers. Gn 3:13 (J; not elsewhere Hex); Je 49:16 Ob 3, 7; אַל־יַשִּׁאֲךָ 2 K 19:10 let not thy God beguile thee = Is 37:10, of Hezekiah 2 Ch 32:15 (cf. infr.), אַל־תַּשִּׁאוּ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם Je 37:9 do not deceive yourselves; also sq. ל pers. אַל־יַשִּׁא לָכֶם 2 K 18:29 = Is 36:14 (= 2 Ch 32:15, v. supr.), Je 29:8; הַשֵּׁא הִשֵּׁאתָ לָעָם הַזֶּה 4:10 thou hast utterly beguiled this people; ישׁימות עָלֵימוֹ ψ 55:16 Kt appar. = desolations (be) upon them! (but elsewhere only in n.pr.loc., cf. p. 445 supr.), יַשִּׁיא מָוֶת עלימו Ew Ol Pe De Now Hup, cf. 𝔊, let death (beguile them, i.e.) come deceitfully upon them! Brüll Che, cf. Bae, conj. plausibly יַשִּׁיא מָוֶת יִבְלָעֵמוֹ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 «נָשָׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.23/)

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לֹֽא־יַשִּׁ֣א אוֹיֵ֣ב בּ֑וֹ וּבֶן־עַ֝וְלָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְעַנֶּֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* not he.will.deceive an.enemy (in) him and a.son of.injustice not he will.afflict.him

*JPS 1917:* The enemy shall not exact from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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[Psalms 55:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.16/)

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יַשִּׁ֤י מָ֨וֶת ׀ עָלֵ֗ימוֹ יֵרְד֣וּ שְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים כִּֽי־רָע֖וֹת בִּמְגוּרָ֣ם בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* may.it.deceive death on them may.they.go.down Sheol alive (dm) evil.deeds \[are\].in sojourning-place their in their.inner being

*JPS 1917:* May He incite death against them, let them go down alive into the nether-world; for evil is in their dwelling, and within them.

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