Verb נסה

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Kenneth Greifer
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Verb נסה

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I read somewhere that the verb "to lift" נשא is sometimes spelled נסה. Is that true?
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I don't know how it could be spelled נסה since נסה is another verb. That would be confusing!

Think of Genesis 22, where it says that הָאֱלֹהִים נִסָּה אֶת־אַבְרָהָם "God tested Abraham."
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Notice also the closeness of נשא and נסע. Then the resemblance of the stronger נסק of Ps. 139:8
אִם אֶסַּק שָׁמַיִם שָׁם אָתָּה
NIV: "If I go up to the heavens, you are there"
KJV: "If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there"

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Isaac Fried wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 6:44 pm Then the resemblance of the stronger נסק of Ps. 139:8
אִם אֶסַּק שָׁמַיִם שָׁם אָתָּה
NIV: "If I go up to the heavens, you are there"
KJV: "If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there"
Logos tagged אֶסַּק as from the root סל״ק (ʾeslaq → ʾessaq), not נס״ק (ʾensaq → ʾessaq). The root סל״ק is assigned the gloss "go up." The same root is used in modern Hebrew in piel ("throw out, expel") and hitpael ("get out, leave").

Are you sure of the root identification?
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סל״ק is taken as the root because of the Aramaic word סלק as we see in Daniel's vision:

וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָֽלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָֽׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃
"And four great beasts coming up from the sea, each different from the other."

According to HALOT, the Old Aramaic imperfect was יסק "he will go up." This is why we have אסק in Hebrew.
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