BDB5416
נָשַׁךְ verb bite (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, but also transposed נְכַשׁ Hiph`il); Assyrian našâku DlHWB 486; ᵑ7 נְכֵית (especially of snakes); Syriac [untranscribed source text 3466], [untranscribed source text 3467]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3468] Di642; BaZMG xliii (1889), 188 compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 3469], undo threads, untwist rope, disintegrate, dissolve); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular נָשַׁךְ
Num 21:9, suffix
וּנְשָׁכוֺ consecutive Amos 5:19, וּנְשָׁכָם consecutive Amos 9:3
Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשֹּׁךְ
Eccl 10:11,
יִשָּׁ֑ךְ
Prov 23:32,
suffix יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ
Eccl 10:8
Participle
active
נשֵׁךְ
Gen 49:17 plural
נשְׁכִים
Mic 3:5, suffix
נשְׁכֶיךָ
Hab 2:7
passive
נָשׁוּךְ
Num 21:8 —
bite, chiefly of serpent, with accusative, Amos 5:19; Amos 9:3; Gen 49:17 (poem in
J
), Num 21:8
(passive participle, absolute), Num 21:9, Eccl 10:8 also Eccl 10:11 (absolute), Prov 23:32 (simile of wine); figurative of
prophets בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם
׳
הַנּ
Mic 3:5
who are biting with their teeth, and crying, Peace! figurative of oppression, etc.,
נשְׁכֶיךָ
Hab 2:7 (with play on
sense thy debtors, those that give thee interest).
Pi`el
Perfect 3 plural וְנִשְּׁכוּ אֶתְכֶם
Jer 8:17
and they shall bite you fatally (figurative); Imperfect 3 masculine plural
וַיְנַשְּׁכוּ
אֶתהָֿעָם
Num 21:5
and they bit the people fatally(both of serpents).