Lexical Definition

‎נָשַׁק‎ nâshaq (naw-shak') to kiss ^H:V
a primitive root (identical with ‎נָשַׂק‎, through the idea of fastening up; compare ‎חָזַק‎, ‎חָשַׁק‎)

armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.

• to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch)
• also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons

1) to put together, kiss
1a) (Qal) to kiss
1b) (Piel) to kiss
1c) (Hiphil) to touch gently
2) to handle, be equipped with
2a) (Qal) to be equipped

See Greek: δράσσομαι · καταφιλέω · προσκυνέω · ὑπακούω · φιλέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נָשַׁק‎ verb kiss (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian našâku, ᵑ7 ‎נְשֵׁיק‎, ‎נְשַׁק‎, Syriac , kiss (originally smell [] according to Lag^{Nov.Psalt.Spec.24f.}): Arabic is fasten together, arrange in order, Ethiopic participle ordine dispositus, apte sertus Di^{641, pos. akin to II.} ‎נשׁק‎); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 1Kgs 19:18; 2Sam 15:5 3 feminine singular ‎נָָֽשְׁקָה‎ Prov 7:13 3 plural ‎נָשָׁ֑קוּ‎ Ps 85:11* Imperfect ‎יִּשַּׁק‎ Gen 41:40, ‎וַיִּשַּׁק‎ Gen 27:27 +; suffix ‎יִשָּׁקֵ֫נִי‎ Song 1:2 1 singular cohortative ‎אֶשֳּׁקָהֿ‎ 1Kgs 19:20 3 masculine plural ‎יִשָּׁק֑וּן‎ Hos 13:2, etc.; Imperative ‎וּשֲׁקָה‎ Gen 27:26 Infinitive construct ‎נְשָׁקֿ‎ 2Sam 20:9 — kiss, usually with ‎לְ‎ person: Gen 27:26; Gen 27:29; Gen 50:1; Exod 4:27 (all J), Gen 48:10; Exod 18:7 (both E), 2Sam 15:5; 2Sam 14:33; 2Sam 19:40*; 2Sam 20:9; 2Sam 1:20; so of idol-worship 1Kgs 19:18 (compare We^{Skizzen iii. 105}; Heid. 109), compare ‎וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי‎ Job 31:27 and my hand hath kissed my mouth; rarely with accusative of person 1Sam 20:41 (‎אִישׁ‎ ‎אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ‎), suffix person 1Sam 10:1 Canticles (+ ‎מִגְּשִׁיקוֺת‎), Song 8:1 also Gen 33:4 ‎וַֹיִֹּשָֹּׁקֵֹהֹוֹּ‎ (J; Holz E; word suspicious, Di rejects); ‎׳‎‎עֲגָלִים יִשּׁ‎ Hos 13:2 claves do they kiss; ‎שְׁפָתַיִם יִשָּׁ֑ק‎ Prov 24:26 lips he kisses; absolute Ps 85:11* (figurative, reciprocal) . — ‎עַלפִּֿיךָ יִשַּׁק‎ Gen 41:40 is dubious, Di. 'to thy mouth all my people shall yield' (fit, adapt themselves, compare Arabic √), so Kau Buhl^Lex, but this meaning uncertain, and text perhaps corrupt, see Di Holz). Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיְנַשֵּׁק‎ Gen 32:1*; Gen 45:15, ‎וַיְנַשֶּׁקֿ‎ Gen 29:13 Imperative masculine plural ‎נַשְּׁקוּֿ‎ Ps 2:12 Infinitive construct ‎נַשֵּׁק‎ Gen 31:28 — kiss = Qal: with ‎לְ‎ person Gen 29:13(J), Gen 31:28; Gen 32:1*; Gen 45:15 (all E); ‎נַשְּׁקובַֿר‎ Ps 2:12 is dubious, compare I. ‎בַּר‎ a above Hiph`il Participle ‎מַשִּׁיקוֺתּ‎ Ezek 3:13 of wings of cherubim, gently touching each other (with ‎אֶלֿ‎).

II. [‎נָשַׁק‎] verb exact meaning uncertain; probably either handle, or be equipped with (compare perhaps Arabic etc., below I. ‎נשׁק‎); — only Qal Participle plural construct ‎נשְׁקֵי‎: — ‎קֶשֶׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 1Chr 12:2 equipped with the bow, so 2Chr 17:17 (+ ‎מָגֵן‎); ‎רוֺמֵי קֶשֶׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Ps 78:9 is difficult, ‎׳‎‎ר‎ appositive of ‎׳‎‎נ‎ according to Hup-Now Bae and others (Ges^{«GKC:130e»§ 130e}); strike out ‎רוֺמֵי‎ as explanatory gloss Hup Hi Che Kau; strike out ver. as gloss Hup Kau Bae.

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