"נשיא" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /naˈsi/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-נשיא.wav
Etymology: Literally "lifted up" or "exalted", metaphorically referring to the higher status of a ruler. Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=נְשִׂיא|f=נְשִׂיאָה|g=m|pat=קָטִיל|pl=נְשִׂיאִים|plcons=נְשִׂיאֵי|tr=nasí'|wv=נָשִׂיא}} נָשִׂיא • (nasí') m (plural indefinite נְשִׂיאִים, singular construct נְשִׂיא־, plural construct נְשִׂיאֵי־, feminine counterpart נְשִׂיאָה) [pattern: קָטִיל] Inflection templates: {{he-decl|נָשִׂיא|הַנָּשִׂיא|נְשִׂיא־|נְשִׂיאוֹ|p|נְשִׂיאִים|הַנְּשִׂיאִים|נְשִׂיאֵי־|נְשִׂיאָיו|nolink=1}} Forms: נָשִׂיא [canonical], nasí' [romanization], נְשִׂיאִים [indefinite, plural], נְשִׂיא־ [construct, singular], נְשִׂיאֵי־ [construct, plural], נְשִׂיאָה [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], נָשִׂיא [indefinite, singular], נְשִׂיאִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], נְשִׂיאֵנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַנָּשִׂיא [definite, singular], נְשִׂיאֲךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], נְשִׂיאֵךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], נְשִׂיאֲכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], נְשִׂיאֲכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], נְשִׂיא־ [construct, singular], נְשִׂיאוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], נְשִׂיאָהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], נְשִׂיאָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], נְשִׂיאָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], נְשִׂיאִים [indefinite, plural], נשיאיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], נְשִׂיאַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], נְשִׂיאֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַנְּשִׂיאִים [definite, plural], נְשִׂיאֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], נשיאייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], נְשִׂיאַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], נְשִׂיאֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], נְשִׂיאֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], נְשִׂיאֵי־ [construct, plural], נְשִׂיאָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], נְשִׂיאֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], נְשִׂיאֵיהֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. A president: a head of state in various forms of government.
    Sense id: en-נשיא-he-noun-7v8zyBVn Categories (other): Government, Heads of state Disambiguation of Government: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Heads of state: 50 2 2 46
  2. (biblical and historical) A prince: the head or ruler of a nation or tribe. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-נשיא-he-noun-hpTKTdQN Categories (other): Bible Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  3. (historical) A chairman, a head; especially, the "prince" (head) of the Sanhedrin. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-נשיא-he-noun-ryMs-NVw
  4. (נְשִׂיא־, n'si-) singular construct state form of נָשִׂיא. Tags: construct, form-of, singular Form of: נָשִׂיא
    Sense id: en-נשיא-he-noun-rwziCRRw Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטִיל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Heads of state, Occupations Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 20 9 5 66 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 15 14 4 66 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 17 10 3 69 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטִיל: 18 20 6 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 3 2 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 2 2 73 Disambiguation of Heads of state: 50 2 2 46 Disambiguation of Occupations: 30 3 5 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: נָגִיד (nagíd) Derived forms: נְשִׂיאוּת (n'si'út)
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "n'si'út",
      "word": "נְשִׂיאוּת"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"lifted up\" or \"exalted\", metaphorically referring to the higher status of a ruler.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "נָשִׂיא",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nasí'",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיא־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָה",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָשִׂיא",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאִי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַנָּשִׂיא",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֲךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֲכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֲכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיא־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָם",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאִים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נשיאיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַנְּשִׂיאִים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נשיאייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵיהֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "נְשִׂיא",
        "f": "נְשִׂיאָה",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קָטִיל",
        "pl": "נְשִׂיאִים",
        "plcons": "נְשִׂיאֵי",
        "tr": "nasí'",
        "wv": "נָשִׂיא"
      },
      "expansion": "נָשִׂיא • (nasí') m (plural indefinite נְשִׂיאִים, singular construct נְשִׂיא־, plural construct נְשִׂיאֵי־, feminine counterpart נְשִׂיאָה) [pattern: קָטִיל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "נָשִׂיא",
        "2": "הַנָּשִׂיא",
        "3": "נְשִׂיא־",
        "4": "נְשִׂיאוֹ",
        "5": "p",
        "6": "נְשִׂיאִים",
        "7": "הַנְּשִׂיאִים",
        "8": "נְשִׂיאֵי־",
        "9": "נְשִׂיאָיו",
        "nolink": "1"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Government",
          "orig": "he:Government",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 2 2 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Heads of state",
          "orig": "he:Heads of state",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A president: a head of state in various forms of government."
      ],
      "id": "en-נשיא-he-noun-7v8zyBVn",
      "links": [
        [
          "president",
          "president"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Bible",
          "orig": "he:Bible",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              44,
              51
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          ],
          "english": "And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince [ruler] of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0134#לד_ב|34:2]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "text": "וַיַּרְא אֹתָהּ שְׁכֶם בֶּן־חֲמוֹר הַחִוִּי נְשִׂיא הָאָרֶץ וַיִּקַּח אֹתָהּ וַיִּשְׁכַּב אֹתָהּ וַיְעַנֶּהָ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prince: the head or ruler of a nation or tribe."
      ],
      "id": "en-נשיא-he-noun-hpTKTdQN",
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        [
          "biblical",
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        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biblical and historical) A prince: the head or ruler of a nation or tribe."
      ],
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        "historical"
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        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
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    },
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        "A chairman, a head; especially, the \"prince\" (head) of the Sanhedrin."
      ],
      "id": "en-נשיא-he-noun-ryMs-NVw",
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        [
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          "chairman"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A chairman, a head; especially, the \"prince\" (head) of the Sanhedrin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
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          "_dis": "18 20 6 56",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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          "langcode": "he",
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          "parents": [],
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "נָשִׂיא"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "singular construct state form of נָשִׂיא."
      ],
      "id": "en-נשיא-he-noun-rwziCRRw",
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        [
          "נָשִׂיא",
          "נשיא#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
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        "(נְשִׂיא־, n'si-) singular construct state form of נָשִׂיא."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/naˈsi/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nagíd",
      "word": "נָגִיד"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נשיא"
}
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    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew nouns",
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    "Pages with entries",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "n'si'út",
      "word": "נְשִׂיאוּת"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Literally \"lifted up\" or \"exalted\", metaphorically referring to the higher status of a ruler.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "נָשִׂיא",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nasí'",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
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    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיא־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָה",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָשִׂיא",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאִי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַנָּשִׂיא",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֲךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֲכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֲכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיא־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאִים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נשיאיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַנְּשִׂיאִים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נשיאייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשִׂיאֵיהֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "נְשִׂיא",
        "f": "נְשִׂיאָה",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קָטִיל",
        "pl": "נְשִׂיאִים",
        "plcons": "נְשִׂיאֵי",
        "tr": "nasí'",
        "wv": "נָשִׂיא"
      },
      "expansion": "נָשִׂיא • (nasí') m (plural indefinite נְשִׂיאִים, singular construct נְשִׂיא־, plural construct נְשִׂיאֵי־, feminine counterpart נְשִׂיאָה) [pattern: קָטִיל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "נָשִׂיא",
        "2": "הַנָּשִׂיא",
        "3": "נְשִׂיא־",
        "4": "נְשִׂיאוֹ",
        "5": "p",
        "6": "נְשִׂיאִים",
        "7": "הַנְּשִׂיאִים",
        "8": "נְשִׂיאֵי־",
        "9": "נְשִׂיאָיו",
        "nolink": "1"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A president: a head of state in various forms of government."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "president",
          "president"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with historical senses",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations",
        "he:Bible"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince [ruler] of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0134#לד_ב|34:2]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "text": "וַיַּרְא אֹתָהּ שְׁכֶם בֶּן־חֲמוֹר הַחִוִּי נְשִׂיא הָאָרֶץ וַיִּקַּח אֹתָהּ וַיִּשְׁכַּב אֹתָהּ וַיְעַנֶּהָ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prince: the head or ruler of a nation or tribe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical and historical) A prince: the head or ruler of a nation or tribe."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chairman, a head; especially, the \"prince\" (head) of the Sanhedrin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chairman",
          "chairman"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A chairman, a head; especially, the \"prince\" (head) of the Sanhedrin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
        "Hebrew noun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "נָשִׂיא"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "singular construct state form of נָשִׂיא."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "נָשִׂיא",
          "נשיא#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(נְשִׂיא־, n'si-) singular construct state form of נָשִׂיא."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/naˈsi/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-נשיא.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%90.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%90.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nagíd",
      "word": "נָגִיד"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נשיא"
}

Download raw JSONL data for נשיא meaning in Hebrew (7.6kB)

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