נשה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *n-š-y. Compare Arabic نَسِيَ (nasiya) and Ge'ez ናሕሰየ (naḥsäyä).

Verb

נָשָׁה • (nashá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. To forget
    • Tanach, Lamentations 3:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טוֹבָה
      va-tiznáḥ mi-shalóm nafshí nashíti tovah
      And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
Conjugation
Conjugation of נָשָׁה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לִנְשׁוֹת
  • action noun: נְשִׁיָּה
  • passive participle: נָשׁוּי
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נָשִׁיתִינָשִׁינוּ
second נָשִׁיתָנָשִׁיתנְשִׁיתֶם1נְשִׁיתֶן1
third נָשָׁהנָשְׁתָהנָשׁוּ
present נוֹשֶׁהנוֹשָׁהנוֹשִׁיםנוֹשׁוֹת
future first אֶשֶּׁהנישה / נִשֶּׁה
second תישה / תִּשֶּׁהתישי / תִּשִּׁיתישו / תִּשּׁוּתישינה / תִּשֶּׁינָה2
third יישה / יִשֶּׁהתישה / תִּשֶּׁהיישו / יִשּׁוּתישינה / תִּשֶּׁינָה2
imperative נְשֵׁהנְשִׁינְשׁוּנְשֶׁינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced נָשִׁיתֶם and נָשִׁיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Etymology 2

A native root. Compare Arabic نَسَأَ (nasaʔa, “to postpone, to defer, to sell on credit”)

Verb

נָשָׁה • (nashá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. To act as a usurer, to lend on interest.
    • Alternative spelling of נָשָׁא
    • Tanach, Exodus 22:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אִם כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה אֶת עַמִּי אֶת הֶעָנִי עִמָּךְ לֹא תִהְיֶה לוֹ כְּנֹשֶׁה לֹא תְשִׂימוּן עָלָיו נֶשֶׁךְ
      im késef talvéh et ʿamí et he-ʿaní ʿimákh lo tihyéh lo k-nosheh lo tasímun ʿaláv neshekh
      If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
Conjugation
Conjugation of נָשָׁה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לִנְשׁוֹת
  • action noun: נְשִׁיָּה
  • passive participle: נָשׁוּי
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נָשִׁיתִינָשִׁינוּ
second נָשִׁיתָנָשִׁיתנְשִׁיתֶם1נְשִׁיתֶן1
third נָשָׁהנָשְׁתָהנָשׁוּ
present נוֹשֶׁהנוֹשָׁהנוֹשִׁיםנוֹשׁוֹת
future first אֶשֶּׁהנישה / נִשֶּׁה
second תישה / תִּשֶּׁהתישי / תִּשִּׁיתישו / תִּשּׁוּתישינה / תִּשֶּׁינָה2
third יישה / יִשֶּׁהתישה / תִּשֶּׁהיישו / יִשּׁוּתישינה / תִּשֶּׁינָה2
imperative נְשֵׁהנְשִׁינְשׁוּנְשֶׁינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced נָשִׁיתֶם and נָשִׁיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
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