Lexical Definition

‎נָשָׁא‎ nâshâʼ (naw-shaw') to deceive ^H:V
a primitive root

beguile, deceive, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] utterly.

• to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce

1) to beguile, deceive
1a) (Niphal) to be beguiled
1b) (Hiphil) to beguile, deceive
1c) (Qal) utterly (infinitive)

See Greek: ἀναπείθω · ἀνθίστημι · ἀπαιτέω · ἀπατάω · ἐπαίρω · ἔρχομαι · ὀφείλω · πείθω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎נָשָׁא‎ verb only Niph`al, Hiph`il beguile, deceive; — (kindred with I. ‎שׁוא‎, from which, however, the forms can hardly be derived (conjectures We^{compare 2. 351})); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎נִשְּׁאוּ‎ Isa 19:13 the princes have been beguiled (|| ‎נוֺאֲלוּ‎, ‎הִתְעוּ‎). Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִשִּׁיא‎ Jer 49:16, suffix ‎הִשִּׁאַ֫נִי‎ Gen 3:13, ‎הִשִּׁיאֶ֑ךָ‎ Obad 1:3 2 masculine singular ‎הִשֵּׁאתָ‎ Jer 4:10 3 plural suffix ‎הִשִּׁיא֫וּךָ‎ Obad 1:7 Imperfect only jussive ‎יַשִּׁיא‎ 2Chr 32:15, so Ps 55:16* Qr (see below); ‎יַשִּׁא‎ 2Kgs 18:29; Isa 36:14, suffix ‎יַשִּׁאֲךָ‎ 2Kgs 19:10; Isa 37:10 2 masculine plural ‎תַּשִּׁאוּ‎ Jer 37:9 Infinitive absolute ‎הַשֵּׁא‎ Jer 4:10 — beguile, usually with accusative of person Gen 3:13 (J; not elsewhere Hexateuch); Jer 49:16; ‎אַליַֿשִּׁאֲךָ‎ 2Kgs 19:10 let not thy God beguile thee = Isa 37:10, of Hezekiah 2Chr 32:15 (compare below), ‎אַלתַּֿשִּׁאוּ‎ ‎נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם‎ Jer 37:9 do not deceive yourselves; also followed by ‎ל‎ person ‎אַליַֿשִּׁא לָכֶם‎ 2Kgs 18:29 = Isa 36:14 (= 2Chr 32:15, see above), Jer 29:8 ‎הַזֶּה הַשֵּׁא הִשֵּׁאתָ לָעָם‎ Jer 4:10 thou hast utterly beguiled this people; ‎ישׁימות עָלֵימוֺ‎ Ps 55:16* Kt apparently = desolations (be) upon them! (but elsewhere only in proper name, of a location, compare p. 445 above), < Qr ‎יַשִּׁיא מָוֶת עלימו‎ Ew Ol Pe De Now^Hup, compare ᵐ5, let death (beguile them, i.e.) come deceitfully upon them! Brüll Che, compare Bae, conjectures plausibly ‎יַשִּׁיא מָוֶת יִבְלָעֵמוֺ‎.

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