נשה

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

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

Verb

נָשָׁה • (nashá) (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
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נָשִׁיתִי נָשִׁינוּ
second נָשִׁיתָ נָשִׁית נְשִׁיתֶם1 נְשִׁיתֶן1
third נָשָׁה נָשְׁתָה נָשׁוּ
present נוֹשֶׁה נוֹשָׁה נוֹשִׁים נוֹשׁוֹת
future first אֶשֶּׁה נישה / נִשֶּׁה
second תישה / תִּשֶּׁה תישי / תִּשִּׁי תישו / תִּשּׁוּ תישינה / תִּשֶּׁינָה2
third יישה / יִשֶּׁה תישה / תִּשֶּׁה יישו / יִשּׁוּ תישינה / תִּשֶּׁינָה2
imperative נְשֵׁה נְשִׁי נְשׁוּ נְשֶׁינָה2
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) (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
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נָשִׁיתִי נָשִׁינוּ
second נָשִׁיתָ נָשִׁית נְשִׁיתֶם1 נְשִׁיתֶן1
third נָשָׁה נָשְׁתָה נָשׁוּ
present נוֹשֶׁה נוֹשָׁה נוֹשִׁים נוֹשׁוֹת
future first אֶשֶּׁה נישה / נִשֶּׁה
second תישה / תִּשֶּׁה תישי / תִּשִּׁי תישו / תִּשּׁוּ תישינה / תִּשֶּׁינָה2
third יישה / יִשֶּׁה תישה / תִּשֶּׁה יישו / יִשּׁוּ תישינה / תִּשֶּׁינָה2
imperative נְשֵׁה נְשִׁי נְשׁוּ נְשֶׁינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced נָשִׁיתֶם and נָשִׁיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

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