BDB5388
I. נָשִׂיא128 noun masculine one lifted up, i.e. a chief prince; — absolute ׳ נ Exod 22:27 +; construct נְשִׂיא Gen 23:6 +; plural נְשִׂיאִים Josh 22:32 +, נְשִׂיאִים Josh 22:32 +, נְשִׂאִים Exod 34:31 + 7 t., נְשִׂיאִם Gen 17:20 + 3 t., נְשִׂאִם Exod 35:27 construct נְשִׂיאֵי Exod 16:22 +; suffix נְשִׂיאַי Ezek 45:8, נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Ezek 32:29, נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם Num 17:21, נְשִׂיאֵהֶם v.Num 17:17, etc.; — mostly in Israel:
1.
בְּעַמְּךָ
׳
נ of any chief man, Exod 22:27 (
E
; human ruler, over against אֱלֹהִים).
2. of Solomon 1Kgs 11:34. Elsewhere only Ezekiel,
P
, Chronicles: —
3. of Abraham Gen 23:6, and heads of Ishmaelite tribes Gen 17:20; Gen 25:16.
4. rulers of the congregation, נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה
Exod 16:22;
Josh 9:15; Josh 9:18; Josh 22:30,
בָּעֵדָה
׳
הַנּ
Exod 34:31,
compare Exod 35:27
; Lev 4:22;
Josh 9:18b; Josh 9:19; Josh 9:21 (twice in
verse); Josh 17:4;
Josh 22:14 (3
t. in verse); Josh
22:32 (all
P
); especially
5. tribal chiefs and representatives, according to the religious organization of
P
, Num 1:16;
Num 1:44; Num 2:3 + 57 t. Numbers
(especially chapters 2, 7, 34; note נְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי הַלֵּוִי
Num 3:32); compare
1Chr 2:10; 1Chr 4:38; 1Chr 5:6; 1Chr 7:40; 2Chr 1:2, also 1Kgs 8:1 (probably
gloss, omitted by
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Benz), 2Chr 5:2.
6. in Ezekiel:
a. of Zedekiah (for מֶלֶךְ see Böhmer8K
1900, 112 ff.), Ezek 7:27; Ezek 12:10; Ezek 12:12; Ezek 21:30, + Ezek 19:1 (read singular
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Ew
Hi
Co
Berthol Toy).
b. chief men of Judah Ezek 21:17;
Ezek 22:6;
Ezek 45:8;
Ezek 45:9.
c. future Davidic king Ezek 34:24; Ezek 37:25, compare Ezek 44:3 (twice in verse) + 16 t.
Ezek 45, 46, 48.
d.
foreign princes Ezek 26:16; Ezek 27:21; Ezek 30:13; Ezek 32:29; Ezek 38:2; Ezek 38:3; Ezek 39:1;
Ezek 39:18
.
7. leader of exiles returning under Cyrus, according to Ezra 1:8.
8. non-Israelite chiefs in
P
: Gen 34:2
;
Num 25:18;
Josh 13:21.