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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. Genesis 4:13מִנְּשֹֽׂא׃ · than I can bear
    But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
  2. Genesis 7:17וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ · and lifted
    For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
  3. Genesis 13:6נָשָׂ֥א · to support
    But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
  4. Genesis 13:10וַיִּשָּׂא־ · looked out
    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
  5. Genesis 13:14שָׂ֣א · lift up
    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
  6. Genesis 18:2וַיִּשָּׂ֤א · And [Abraham] looked up
    And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
  7. Genesis 18:24תִשָּׂ֣א · spare
    What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
  8. Genesis 18:26וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי · I will spare
    So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
  9. Genesis 19:21נָשָׂ֣אתִי · I will grant this request
    “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
  10. Genesis 21:16וַתִּשָּׂ֥א · she lifted up
    Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
  11. Genesis 21:18שְׂאִ֣י · lift up
    Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
  12. Genesis 22:4וַיִּשָּׂ֨א · looked up
    On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
  13. Genesis 22:13וַיִּשָּׂ֨א · looked up
    Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
  14. Genesis 24:63וַיִּשָּׂ֤א · and looking up
    Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
  15. Genesis 24:64וַתִּשָּׂ֤א · looked up
    And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
  16. Genesis 27:3שָׂא־ · Take
    Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
  17. Genesis 27:38וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · aloud
    Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
  18. Genesis 29:1וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · resumed his journey
    Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
  19. Genesis 29:11וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · aloud
    Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
  20. Genesis 31:10וָאֶשָּׂ֥א · I saw
    When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
  21. Genesis 31:12שָׂא־ · Look up
    ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
  22. Genesis 31:17וַיִּשָּׂ֛א · and put
    Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
  23. Genesis 32:20יִשָּׂ֥א · he will accept
    You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
  24. Genesis 33:1וַיִּשָּׂ֨א · looked up
    Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
  25. Genesis 33:5וַיִּשָּׂ֣א · When Esau looked up
    When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
  26. Genesis 36:7לָשֵׂ֣את · support them
    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
  27. Genesis 37:25וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ · they looked up; נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים · were carrying
    And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
  28. Genesis 39:7וַתִּשָּׂ֧א · cast
    …and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
  29. Genesis 40:13יִשָּׂ֤א · will lift up
    Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
  30. Genesis 40:19יִשָּׂ֨א · will lift off
    Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
  31. Genesis 40:20וַיִּשָּׂ֞א · he lifted up
    On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
  32. Genesis 42:26וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ · and they loaded
    …and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.
  33. Genesis 43:29וַיִּשָּׂ֣א · When [Joseph] looked up
    When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
  34. Genesis 43:34וַיִּשָּׂ֨א · were served
    When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
  35. Genesis 44:1שְׂאֵ֑ת · carry
    Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
  36. Genesis 45:19וּנְשָׂאתֶ֥ם · and bring
    You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
  37. Genesis 45:23נֹשְׂאִ֖ים · loaded; נֹֽ֠שְׂאֹת · loaded
    And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
  38. Genesis 45:27לָשֵׂ֣את · to carry him
    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
  39. Genesis 46:5וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ · took; לָשֵׂ֥את · to carry him
    Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
  40. Genesis 47:30וּנְשָׂאתַ֙נִי֙ · carry me
    …but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
  41. Genesis 50:13וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ · carried
    They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
  42. Genesis 50:17שָׂ֣א · forgive; שָׂ֣א · forgive
    ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
  43. Exodus 6:8נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ · I swore
    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
  44. Exodus 10:13נָשָׂ֖א · had brought
    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
  45. Exodus 10:17שָׂ֣א · forgive
    Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
  46. Exodus 10:19וַיִּשָּׂא֙ · that carried off
    And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.