H5375H–נָשָׂא–na.sa

How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

אֶשָּׂ֖א 'e.Sa' “will I bear”

And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.

נְשָׂאֲךָ֙ (נְשָׂאֲ) ne.sa.'a. “he carried”יִשָּׂא־ yi.sa'- “he carries”

At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.

לָשֵׂ֖את (שֵׂ֖את) Set “carry”

And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

שְׂאֵתוֹ֒ (שְׂאֵת) se.'e.T “to carry”

The Lord will send a nation against you from the farthest ends of the earth, coming with the flight of an eagle; a nation whose language is strange to you;

יִשָּׂ֣א yi.Sa' “he will raise up”

Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.

הַנֹּ֣שְׂאִ֔ים (נֹּ֣שְׂאִ֔ים) No.se.'Im “carry”

Moses said to the Levites who were responsible for taking up the ark of the Lord's agreement,

נֹ֥שְׂאֵ֛י no.se.'Ei “[who] carry”

As an eagle, teaching her young to make their flight, with her wings outstretched over them, takes them up on her strong feathers:

יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ (יִשָּׂאֵ֖) yi.sa.'E. “it carries”

Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

נֹשְׂאִ֖ים no.se.'Im “carrying”

And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

נֹשְׂאֵ֥י no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.

נֹשְׂאֵי֩ no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;

נֹֽשְׂאֵ֛י no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),

נֹשְׂאֵ֤י no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”נֹשְׂאֵ֣י no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.

נֹ֠שְׂאֵי No.se.'ei “[the] bearers of”

And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

נֹשְׂאֵ֖י no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.

נֹשְׂאֵ֣י no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.

נֹשְׂאֵ֖י no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.

נֹשְׂאֵ֨י no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

יִשְׂאוּ֩ yis.'U “they will carry”

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.

יִשְׂאוּ֙ yis.'U “they will carry”

So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.

נֹשְׂאִים֩ no.se.'Im “[who] were carrying”

And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.

נֹשְׂאִים֩ no.se.'Im “[who] were carrying”

And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was t

נֹשְׂאֵ֣י׀ no.se.'Ei “[the] bearers of”

And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering.

נֹשְׂאֵ֖י no.se.'Ei “[who] bore”

And she took it up and went into the town; and she let her mother-in-law see what she had got, and after taking enough for herself she gave her the rest.

וַתִּשָּׂא֙ (תִּשָּׂא֙) ti.Sa' “she lifted [it] up”