נָשִׂיא

n.m. one lifted up, i.e. a chief prince;—abs. נ׳ Ez 22:27 +; cstr. נְשִׂיא Gn 23:6 +; pl. נְשִׂיאִים Jos 22:32 +, נְשִׂאִים Ex 34:31 + 7 times, נְשִׂיאִם Gn 17:20 + 3 times, נְשִׂאִם Ex 35:27; cstr. נְשִׂיאֵי Ex 16:22 +; sf. נְשִׂיאַי Ez 45:8, נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Ez 32:29, נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם Nu 17:21, נְשִׂיאֵהֶם v 17, etc.—mostly in Isr.: נ׳ בְּעַמְּךָ of any chief man, Ex 22:27 (E; human ruler, over ag. אֱלֹהִים). of Solom. 1 K 11:34. Elsewhere only Ez P Chr:— of Abr. Gn 23:6, of Ishmaelites 17:20; 25:16, of Hittites Gn 34:2. rulers of the congregation, נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה Ex 16:22 Jos 9:15, 18; 22:30, הַנּ׳ בָּעֵדָה 34:31, cf. 35:27 Lv 4:22 Jos 9:18b, 19, 21(×2); 17:4; 22:14(×3), 32 (all P); especially tribal chiefs and representatives, according to the religious organization of P, Nu 1:16, 44 2:3 + 57 times Nu (especially chaps. 2, 7, 34; note נְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי הַלִּוֵי 3:32); cf. 1 Ch 2:10; 4:38; 5:6; 7:40 2 Ch 1:2; also 1 K 8:1 (prob. gloss, om. 𝔊 Benz), 2 Ch 5:2. in Ezek.: of Zedekiah (for מֶלָךְ; v. BöhmerSK 1900, 112 ff.), 7:27; 12:10, 12; 21:30, + 19:1 (read sg. 𝔊 Ew Hi Co Berthol Toy). chief men of Judah 21:17; 22:6; 45:8, 9. future Davidic kg. 34:24; 37:25, cf. 44:3(×2) + 16 times Ez 45, 46, 48. foreign princes 26:16; 27:21; 30:13; 32:29; 38:2, 3; 39:1, 18. leader of exiles returning under Cyrus, according to Ezr 1:8. non-Isr. chiefs in P: Gn 34:2 Nu 25:18 Jos 13:21.