נסח

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
נ־ס־ח (n-s-kh)
5 terms

Compare Akkadian 𒍣 (nasāḫum, “to tear out”) and Arabic نَسَخَ (nasaḵa, “to abolish, delete”).

Verb

נָסַח • (nasákh) (pa'al construction)

1. to tear down
2. to tear away a person

Conjugation

Conjugation of נָסַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לנסוח / לִנְסֹחַ
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	נָסַחְתִּי		נָסַחְנוּ
	second	נָסַחְתָּ	נָסַחְתְּ	נְסַחְתֶּם1	נְסַחְתֶּן1
	third	נָסַח	נָסְחָה	נָסְחוּ
present		נוֹסֵחַ	נוֹסַחַת	נוֹסְחִים	נוֹסְחוֹת
future	first	אֶסַּח		ניסח / נִסַּח
	second	תיסח / תִּסַּח	תיסחי / תִּסְּחִי	תיסחו / תִּסְּחוּ	תיסחנה / תִּסַּחְנָה2
	third	ייסח / יִסַּח	תיסח / תִּסַּח	ייסחו / יִסְּחוּ	תיסחנה / תִּסַּחְנָה2
imperative		סַח	סְחִי	סְחוּ	סַחְנָה2

¹ Pronounced נָסַחְתֶּם and נָסַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H5255 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Koehler, Ludwig, Walter, Baumgartner (1994–2000) “נסח”, in The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden: Brill

Etymology 2

Verb

נִסֵּחַ • (niséakh) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of ניסח