BDB5242
נֵס noun [masculine] standard, ensign, signal, sign (Late Hebrew id., flag, usually sign, i.e. miracle; ᵑ7 נֵס, נִסָּא sign, miracle); — ׳ נ absolute Num 21:8 +; construct Isa 11:10 suffix נִסִּי Exod 17:15; Isa 49:22 —
1.
a.
standard, as rallying-point, נִסִּי
׳
י
Exod 17:15
(
E
), ׳
י
my standard (name of altar); conspicuously set on hill Isa 30:17 (simile of solitariness;
|| תֹּרֶן עַלרֿאֹשׁ הָהָר); signal of war [see SchumacherZPV ix. 232, Across the Jordan,
104 f.] (especially to the nations, for destruction or deliverance of Judah, Isaiah Jeremiah),
לַגּוֺיִם
׳
נָשָׂא נ
Isa 5:26; Isa 11:12
compare Isa 18:3
(on mountains, || תָּקַע שׁוֺפָר); אֶלעַֿמִּים
׳
אָרִים נ
Isa 49:22
(|| אֶשָּׂא אֶלגּֿוֺיִם יָדִי), — in all these subject ׳
י; compare עֹמֵד לְנֵס עַמִּים
Isa 10:11
(of Messianic king); ׳
שְׂאוּ נ
Isa 13:2 (on
mountain), Jer 50:2
; Jer
51:12 (with אֶלֿ
against), Jer 51:27 (|| תִּקְעוּ שׁוֺפָר בַּגּוֺיִם),
עַלעַֿמִּים
׳
הָרִימוּ נ
Isa 62:10,
compare Jer 4:21
(|| קוֺל שׁוֺפָר); לְהִתְנוֺסֵס
׳
נָתַתָּהנ֗֗֗
Ps 60:6
thou hast set a standard (only) for fleeing.
b.
signal, צִיּ֫וֺנָה
׳
שְׂאוּ נ
Jer 4:6 (i.e.
to direct refugees to Zion).
2.
standard, as pole, supporting serpent of bronze Num 21:8; Num 21:9 (
J
E
).
3.
a.
ensign, signal, שֵׁשׁמִ֗֗֗מִּצְרַיִם הָיָה מִפְרָשֵׁךְ לִהְיוֺת לָךְ לְנֵס
Ezek 27:7
byssus from Egypt was thy sail, to serve
thee for an ensign (so DaToy; on lack of pennon on ancient ships see Co; > strike out Co
Berthol); so
b. (since sails were the only
ensign) = sail
Isa 33:23
(Che
Di and others; > pennon
Ges
Hi
Ew
De
Du).
4.
sign (compare Late Hebrew) = warning
Num 26:10 (
P
).