מִתְנַשֵּׂא mithnassêʼ — (used as abstractly) supreme exaltation

pronounced mith-nas-say' · Strong's H4984 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Hitpa'el

Translated in the KJV as exalted.

from H5375; (used as abstractly) supreme exaltation.

mithnassêʼ in each stem

Hitpa'el 2×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Participle (active) 2

מִתְנַשֵּׂ֥א 1Kgs 1:5 Participle (active), masculine singular

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (KJV)

וְהַמִּתְנַשֵּׂ֖א 1Chr 29:11 Participle (active), masculine singular

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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