נְסַס be sad; Assyrian nasâsu , wail, lament Dl HWB 427; Arabic نَسَّ ( nassa ) is go at a gentle pace ) ;—only Qal Pt. act. ( si vera l. ) כִּמְסֹס נֹסֵס Is 10:18 like the wasting away of a sick man (so Thes Ew De Che Di D u).
II.
נסס
(
√ of foll.
=
be high
or
conspicuous?
Hithpo˓l
Inf.
לְהִתְנֹוסֵס
ψ 60:6
, according to some denom. from
נֵס
that it may be displayed
,
AV
,
cf.
D
e;
< v.
נוס
;
Pt.
מִתְנֹוסְסֹות
Zc 9:16
raised? prominent?
(
עַל־אַדְמָתֹו
; of precious stones, in
fig.
) very
dub.
;
We Now del
.;
Gr
מִתְנֹוצְצֹות
)
.
• נֵס S 3071, 5251 TWOT 1379a GK 5812 n. [ m. ] standard, ensign, signal, sign ( NH id. , flag , usually sign , i.e. miracle; å נֵס , נִסָּא sign, miracle ) ;— נ׳ abs. Nu 21:8 +; cstr. Is 31: 9; sf. נִסִּי Ex 17:15 Is 49:2 2;— 1. a. standard , as rallying-point, י׳ נִסִּי Ex 17:15 ( E ), י׳ my standard (name of altar); conspicuously set on hill Is 30:17 ( sim. of solitariness; || תֹּרֶן עַל־רֹאשׁ הָהָר ); signal of war [ v. Schumacher ZPV ix. 232, Across the Jordan, 104 f. ] (especially to the nations, for destruction or deliverance of Judah, Is Je), נָשָׂא נ׳ לַגֹּויִם Is 5:2 6; 11:12 cf. 18:3 (on mts., || תָּקַע שֹׁופָר ); אָרִים נ׳ אֶל־עַמִּים 49:22 ( || אֶשָּׂא אֶל־גֹּויִם יָדִי ),—in all these subj. י׳ ; cf. עֹמֵד לְנֵס עַמִּים Is 11:10 (of Mess. kg. ); שְׂאוּ נ׳ 13:2 (on mt.) 31:9 , Je 50:2 ; 51:12 ( c. אֶל־ against ), v 27 ( || תִּקְעוּ שֹׁופָר בַּגֹּויִם ), הָרִימוּ נ׳ עַל־עַמִּים Is 62:1 0, cf. Je 4:21 ( || קֹול שֹׁופָר ); נ׳ לְהִתְנֹוסֵס … נָתַתָּה ψ 60:6 thou hast set a standard (only) for fleeing . b. signal , שְׂאוּ נ׳ צִיֹּ˜ונָה Je 4:6 (i.e. to direct refugees to Zion). 2. standard , as pole, supporting serpent of bronze Nu 21:8 , 9 (JE). 3. a. ensign, signal , מִמִּצְרַיִם הָיָה מִפְרָשֵׁךְ לִהְיֹות לָךְ לְנֵס … שֵׁשׁ Ez 27:7 byssus from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for an ensign (so DaToy; on lack of pennon on ancient ships v. C o; > del. Co Bertho l); so b. (since sails were the only ensign) = sail Is 33:23 ( Che Di al. ; > pennon Ges Hi Ew De D u). 4. sign ( cf. N H) = warning Nu 26:10 ( P ).
act. active. AV Authorized Version. Now W. Nowack.
Gr H. Grätz.
ZPV Z. d. deutsch. Pal.-Vereins . Berthol A. Bertholet.