נָשָׂא nâsâʼ — (Psalm 4:6 [7]), a primitive root
Translated in the KJV as accept, advance, arise, (able to, suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring, burn, carry, cast, contain, desire.
or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 [7]), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative.
nâsâʼ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 142Wayyiqtol 128Participle (active) 89Perfect (qatal) 76Imperative 59Infinitive construct 44Sequential perfect (weqatal) 42Jussive 7Participle (passive) 7Infinitive absolute 4Cohortative 2
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 9Participle (active) 9Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Perfect (qatal) 3Imperative 3Infinitive construct 2Participle (passive) 1
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 4Participle (active) 3Wayyiqtol 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Imperative 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Infinitive construct 2Wayyiqtol 1
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Hiph'il
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›