התנשא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־שׂ־א (n-s-ʾ)
20 terms

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hit.naˈse/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hiθ.nasˈseː/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hitʰ.naɬˈɬeːʔ/

Verb

הִתְנַשֵּׂא • (hitnasé) (hitpa'el construction)

to lift oneself up, exalt oneself
to be arrogant
- Tanach, Proverbs 30:32, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  אִם־נָבַ֥לְתָּ בְהִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א וְאִם־זַ֝מּ֗וֹתָ יָ֣ד לְפֶֽה
  im-naválta v'hitnasé v'ím-zamóta yad l'fé
  If you have been scandalously arrogant, if you have been a schemer, then clap your hand to your mouth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of **הִתְנַשֵּׂא** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לְהִתְנַשֵּׂא
non-finite forms		action noun		הִתְנַשְּׂאוּת

finite forms		m	f	m	f
past	first	הִתְנַשֵּׂאתִי		הִתְנַשֵּׂאנוּ
	second	הִתְנַשֵּׂאתָ	הִתְנַשֵּׂאת	הִתְנַשֵּׂאתֶם	הִתְנַשֵּׂאתֶן
	third	הִתְנַשֵּׂא	הִתְנַשְּׂאָה	הִתְנַשְּׂאוּ
present		מִתְנַשֵּׂא	מִתְנַשֵּׂאת	מִתְנַשְּׂאִים	מִתְנַשְּׂאוֹת
future	first	אֶתְנַשֵּׂא		נִתְנַשֵּׂא
	second	תִּתְנַשֵּׂא	תִּתְנַשְּׂאִי	תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּ	תִּתְנַשֶּׂאנָה¹
	third	יִתְנַשֵּׂא	תִּתְנַשֵּׂא	יִתְנַשְּׂאוּ	תִּתְנַשֶּׂאנָה¹
imperative		הִתְנַשֵּׂא	הִתְנַשְּׂאִי	הִתְנַשְּׂאוּ	הִתְנַשֶּׂאנָה¹

¹ Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

H5375 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible