• נָחוּשׁ S 5153, 5154 TWOT 1349b GK 5702, 5703 adj. of bronze ;— אִם־בְּשָׂרִי נ׳ Jb 6:12 or is my flesh of bronze? fig. for strong, enduring ( || אֲבָנִים ; cf. 40:18 ).
•
נְחוּשָׁה
S
5154
TWOT
1349b, 1349c
GK
5703
and (
Lv 26:19 Jb 40:1
8)
נְחֻשָׁה
n.f.
copper, bronze
(only poet.;
cf.
I
.
נְחשֶׁת
);—נ׳
always abs.;—
1.
copper
produced from ore by melting
Jb 28:2
.
2.
copper
, doubtless hardened with alloy,
=
bronze
, as material of bow
2 S 22:35
=
ψ 18:35
,
Jb 20:24
; gates
Is 45:2
;
fig.
of strength
Jb 40:18
(bones of hippopotamus),
cf.
41:1
9,
Mi 4:13
(hoofs of Zion); of obstinate brow
Is 48:4
(
||
בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ˜ךָ גִּיד
); unproductive earth
Lv 26:19
.
•
נְחֻשְׁתָּא
S
5179
GK
5735
n.pr.f.
mother of king Jehoiakin
2 K 24:8
;
Ö
Νεσθα
,
A
Ναισθα
,
Ö
L
Νεεσθαν
.
• נְחֻשְׁתָּן S 5180 TWOT 1347b GK 5736 n.pr. given to bronze serpent 2 K 18:4 prob. = bronze -god ( so Thes , v. also Baud Rel. i. 288; cf. נְחַשׁ נְחשֶׁת v 4 Nu 21:9 (×2)) ;—chief arg. ag. this are vocalization of Ö Νεσθαλει , A Ö L Νε(ε)σθαν , and comparat. unimportance of material of wh. image was made; others think of נָחָשׁ serpent ( Nö ZMG xiii (1888), 482 תן + נחשׁ , Klo ad loc. יתן + נחשׁ ); Lag BN 188, 205 thinks loan-wd.
נחשׁ TWOT 1347, 1349, 1350 ( poss. √ of foll., si vera l. ; but precise meaning uncertain; Gei Urschrift 392 cp. Arabic نَخَسَ ( naḫasa ) [ = goad, prick; نِخَاسٌ
(
niḫāsun
) a certain piece of
perforated wood
(
Frey
)],
NH
נְחשֶׁת
[
bottom
of vessel,
Levy
NHWB
iii. 374
]
)
.
•
II
. [
נְח˜שֶׁת
] n.
[
f.
]
sf.
נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ
Ez 16:36
where context (
||
עֶרְוָה
) favours meaning
lust, harlotry
, or specif. sens. obscoen. (
Co
[citing
Ki R
a]
Gei A. Geiger, Urschrift u.Übersetzungen der Bibel;
NHWB Levy, Neuhebr. Wörterb . Ki David Kimchi (Qamchi). Ra Rashi.
IV.