נשק

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܢܫܩ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *našaq- (“to be in close contact, to be joined together”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎐𐎌𐎖 (nšq, “to kiss”), Akkadian 𒉈𒅢 (/⁠našāqu⁠/, “to kiss”), Arabic نَسَقَ (nasaqa, “to be set next to each other, to be side by side, to be paired or coordinated, to be arranged symmetrically, to be touching closely or attached”).

Verb

נשק • (transliteration needed)

1. to kiss

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Ugaritic 𐎐𐎘𐎖 (nṯq, “missiles, projectiles, darts”).

Noun

נֶשֶׁק • (néshek) m (uncountable)

1. arms, weaponry

Synonyms

• כְּלִי נֶשֶׁק (k'li néshek)
• תחמושת / תַּחְמֹשֶׁת (taḥmóshet)

Hyponyms

• נֶשֶׁק גַּרְעִינִי (neshek gar'ini)
• נֶשֶׁק יוֹם הַדִּין (néshek yom hadín)

Derived terms

• שְׁבִיתַת נֶשֶׁק (sh'vítat néshek)

Etymology 2

Verb

נָשַׁק • (nasháq) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לנשוק / לִנְשֹׁק, future יישק / יִשַּׁק)

1. (literary, transitive and intransitive) to kiss
   • Tanach, Ruth 1:8-9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַתֹּאמֶר נָעֳמִי לִשְׁתֵּי כַלֹּתֶיהָ לֵכְנָה שֹּׁבְנָה אִשָּׁה לְבֵית אִמָּהּ יעשה (יַעַשׂ) יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם חֶסֶד כַּאֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם עִם־הַמֵּתִים וְעִמָּדִי׃ יִתֵּן יְהוָה לָכֶם וּמְצֶאןָ מְנוּחָה אִשָּׁה בֵּית אִישָׁהּ וַתִּשַּׁק לָהֶן וַתִּשֶּׂאנָה קוֹלָן וַתִּבְכֶּינָה׃

     vatómer no'omí lishtéi khalotéha lékhna shóvna 'ishá l'véit 'imáh yá'as YHVH 'imakhém khésed ka'ashér 'asitém 'im-hametím v'imadí. yitén YHVH lakhém um'tséna m'nukhá 'ishá béit 'isháh vatishák lahén vatiséna kolán vativkéyna.

     And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law: ‘Go, return each of you to her mother's house; the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.’ Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

2. (literary) to kiss (to touch lightly)

   הַמִּגְדָּל נוֹשֵׁק לַשָּׁמַיִם. ― hamigdál noshék lashamáyim. ― The tower kisses the sky.

   • 1973, “תנו לנו יד ונלך (t'nú lánu yád v'nelékh, “Give us a hand we'll go”)”, performed by צביקה זליקוביץ (“Tzvika Zelikovich”):

     תְּנוּ לָנוּ יָד וְנֵלֵךְ, / לָעִיר הַקְּטַנָּה הַנּוֹשֶׁקֶת לַיָּם.

     t'nú lánu yád v'nelékh, / la'ír hak'taná hanoshéket layám.

     Give us a hand we'll go, / To the small city that kisses the sea.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to kiss): (transitive) נישק / נִשֵּׁק (nishéq), (reciprocal) הִתְנַשֵּׁק (hitnashéq)

Derived terms

• שַׁק לִי בַּתַּחַת (shaq li batáḥat)

Verb

נִשֵּׁק • (nishék) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of נישק

References

• H5401 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible