What does נָשָׁה (nāšāh) mean in the Bible?
נָשָׁה (nāšāh): Forget moves from mental lapse to covenantal neglect; causative form expresses divine remission or removal of debt.
Hebrew · H5382
נָשָׁה
To forget ; figuratively, to neglect ; causatively, to remit , remove
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נָשָׁה H5382
Pronunciation nāšāh
What does נָשָׁה (nāšāh) mean in the Bible?
נָשָׁה (nāšāh): Forget moves from mental lapse to covenantal neglect; causative form expresses divine remission or removal of debt.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5382?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include exacts (1), forget (1), forget [you] (1), has deprived her (1), has made me forget (1).
Where does נָשָׁה (nāšāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 41:51. Its strongest book concentrations include Job (2), Genesis (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It exacts 1× Job 11:6
forget 1× Jeremiah 23:39
forget [you] 1× Isaiah 44:21
has deprived her 1× Job 39:17
has made me forget 1× Genesis 41:51
I have forgotten 1× Lamentations 3:17
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 41:51 נַשַּׁ֤נִי to has made me forget Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Job 11:6 יַשֶּׁ֥ה to exacts Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Job 39:17 הִשָּׁ֣הּ to has deprived her Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Isaiah 44:21 תִנָּשֵֽׁנִי׃ to forget [you] Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Jeremiah 23:39 וְנָשִׁ֥יתִי to forget Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Lamentations 3:17 נָשִׁ֥יתִי to I have forgotten Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 41:51
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 5
Genesis 1 Job 2 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 1 Lamentations 1
Source forms
הִשָּׁ֣הּ 1x hiš·šāh Job 39:17
וְנָשִׁ֥יתִי 1x wə·nā·šî·ṯî Jeremiah 23:39
יַשֶּׁ֥ה 1x yaš·šeh Job 11:6
נָשִׁ֥יתִי 1x nā·šî·ṯî Lamentations 3:17
נַשַּׁ֤נִי 1x naš·ša·nî Genesis 41:51
תִנָּשֵֽׁנִי׃ 1x ṯin·nā·šê·nî Isaiah 44:21
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 1x Jeremiah 23:39
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Job 11:6
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular 1x Job 39:17
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular 1x Isaiah 44:21
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular 1x Genesis 41:51
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular 1x Lamentations 3:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Forget moves from mental lapse to covenantal neglect; causative form expresses divine remission or removal of debt.
Strong's H5382
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jeremiah 23:33-40 Source Gloss
to forget ; figuratively, to neglect ; causatively, to remit , remove
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Forget moves from mental lapse to covenantal neglect; causative form expresses divine remission or removal of debt.
to forget; figuratively, to neglect; causatively, to remit, remove BDB: forget Usage: forget, deprive, exact.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Imperfect Job 11:6 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 1×
Perfect Lam 3:17 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
God will forget or abandon those who turn from His word
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
נָשָׁה is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain