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נָשָׂא

na.sato lift: raiseHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb655 occurrences37 books612 verses

Definition

or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 [7]), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Traditional renderings: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָשָׂא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

655 total
  1. Leviticus 24:15וְנָשָׂ֥א · he shall bear the consequences
    And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
  2. Numbers 1:2שְׂא֗וּ · Take a census
    “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
  3. Numbers 1:49תִשָּׂ֑א
    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
  4. Numbers 1:50יִשְׂא֤וּ · shall carry
    Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
  5. Numbers 3:40וְשָׂ֕א · and list
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.
  6. Numbers 4:2נָשֹׂ֗א · Take
    “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
  7. Numbers 4:15לָשֵׂ֔את · and do the carrying
    When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
  8. Numbers 4:22נָשֹׂ֗א · Take a census
    “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,
  9. Numbers 4:25וְנָ֨שְׂא֜וּ · They are to carry
    They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
  10. Numbers 5:31תִּשָּׂ֖א · shall bear
    The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”
  11. Numbers 6:26יִשָּׂ֨א · lift up
    …may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
  12. Numbers 7:9יִשָּֽׂאוּ׃ · they were to carry
    But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
  13. Numbers 9:13יִשָּׂ֖א · will bear
    But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
  14. Numbers 10:17נֹשְׂאֵ֖י · transporting
    Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
  15. Numbers 10:21נֹשְׂאֵ֖י · transporting
    Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
  16. Numbers 11:12שָׂאֵ֣הוּ · Carry them; יִשָּׂ֤א · carries
    Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
  17. Numbers 11:14לָשֵׂ֖את · carry
    I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.
  18. Numbers 11:17וְנָשְׂא֤וּ · They will help you bear; תִשָּׂ֥א · have to bear it
    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
  19. Numbers 13:23וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ · which they carried
    When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
  20. Numbers 14:1וַתִּשָּׂא֙ · lifted up
    Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
  21. Numbers 14:18נֹשֵׂ֥א · forgiving
    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
  22. Numbers 14:19נָשָׂ֙אתָה֙ · You have forgiven
    Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
  23. Numbers 14:30נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ · I swore
    Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
  24. Numbers 14:33וְנָשְׂא֖וּ · and they will suffer
    Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
  25. Numbers 14:34תִּשְׂאוּ֙ · you shall bear
    In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
  26. Numbers 16:3תִּֽתְנַשְּׂא֖וּ · then do you exalt
    They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
  27. Numbers 16:15נָשָׂ֔אתִי · taken
    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
  28. Numbers 18:1תִּשְׂא֖וּ · must bear; תִּשְׂא֖וּ · must bear
    So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
  29. Numbers 18:22לָשֵׂ֥את · or they will incur
    No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
  30. Numbers 18:23יִשְׂא֣וּ · must bear
    The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
  31. Numbers 18:32תִשְׂא֤וּ · incur
    Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
  32. Numbers 23:7וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · And Balaam lifted up
    And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
  33. Numbers 23:18וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · Then Balaam lifted up
    Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
  34. Numbers 23:24יִתְנַשָּׂ֑א · they rouse themselves
    Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
  35. Numbers 24:2וַיִּשָּׂ֨א · looked up
    When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,
  36. Numbers 24:3וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · and he lifted up
    …and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
  37. Numbers 24:7וְתִנַּשֵּׂ֖א · will be exalted
    Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.
  38. Numbers 24:15וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · Then [Balaam] lifted up
    Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
  39. Numbers 24:20וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · and lifted up
    Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
  40. Numbers 24:21וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · and lifted up
    Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
  41. Numbers 24:23וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · Once more [Balaam] lifted up
    Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
  42. Numbers 26:2שְׂא֞וּ · Take a census
    “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
  43. Numbers 30:15וְנָשָׂ֖א · then he will bear
    But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”
  44. Numbers 31:26שָׂ֗א · are to take a count
    “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
  45. Numbers 31:49נָֽשְׂא֗וּ · have counted
    …and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
  46. Deuteronomy 1:9שְׂאֵ֥ת · carry the burden
    At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
  47. Deuteronomy 1:12אֶשָּׂ֖א · can I bear
    But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?