מִתְנַשֵּׂאmithnassêʼ

Qal: roar, active (Genesis 13:6; 1 Kings 2:26; Numbers 14:19)

1. lift, lift up

a. literally (Genesis 7:17; Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 11:12)

b. towards, in many phrases, literal and figurative, e.g. (2 Samuel 18:28; 2 Samuel 20:21; Psalms 106:26)

2. Bear, carry

a. literally (Genesis 37:25; Genesis 44:1; Genesis 45:23)

b. especially bear guilt, or punishment (Genesis 4:13; Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 5:17)

c. support, sustain (Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11; Psalms 91:12)

d. endure (Jeremiah 15:15; Jeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 36:6)

e. bear, carry (Genesis 43:34; 2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Samuel 8:6)

f. carry, = contain, hold (Ezekiel 45:11)

g. bear fruit, of tree (Haggai 2:19; Joel 2:22; Ezekiel 36:8)

3. Take, take away

a. literal (1 Samuel 17:34; Numbers 16:15)

b. take away, carry off (Judges 21:23; 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Chronicles 16:6)

c. take away, i.e. forgive (Genesis 50:17; Exodus 32:32; Exodus 10:17)

d. take, as wife (usually with לְ for) (Ezra 9:2; Ezra 9:12; Ezra 10:44)

e. take, an enumeration, usually with ראֹשׁ (Exodus 30:12; Exodus 1:49; Exodus 4:2)

f. take and carry away, receive, obtain (Deuteronomy 33:3; 1 Kings 5:23; Psalms 24:5)

Niph`al: portion (Jeremiah 51:9; Exodus 25:28; Isaiah 40:4)

1. be lifted up

a. of eyelids (Zechariah 5:7; Ezekiel 1:19; Ezekiel 1:21)

b. be exalted (2 Chronicles 32:23; 1 Chronicles 14:2; Isaiah 52:13)

2. lift oneself up, = rise up (Isaiah 33:10; Psalms 94:2)

3. be borne, carried (Jeremiah 10:5; Exodus 25:28; Isaiah 49:22)

4. be taken away, carried off (2 Kings 20:17; Isaiah 39:6; Daniel 11:12)

Pi`el

1. lift up, = exalt (2 Samuel 5:12; 1 Chronicles 14:2; Esther 5:11)

2. = desire, long (Jeremiah 22:14; Jeremiah 44:14)

3. carry, bear continuously (Isaiah 63:9; Psalms 28:9)

4. take, take away (2 Samuel 19:43; Amos 4:2)

Hithpa`el: lift oneself up (Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:7; Ezekiel 29:15)

Hiph`il

1. cause one to bear (Leviticus 22:16)

2. apparently cause to bring, have brought, but very dubious (2 Samuel 17:13)