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# נִמְשִׁי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5250

**Nimshi** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Nimshi [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5250/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נִמְשִׁי: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5250/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. grandfather of Jehu 2 K 9:2, 14; יֵהוּא בֶן־נ׳ 1 K 19:16; 2 K 9:20; 2 Ch 22:7; 𝔊 Ναμεσθει, Ναμεσ(σ)ει.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Nimshi (5).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 19:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.19.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.19.16/#tree)

וְאֵת֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁ֔י תִּמְשַׁ֥ח לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאֶת־אֱלִישָׁ֤ע בֶּן־שָׁפָט֙ מֵאָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה תִּמְשַׁ֥ח לְנָבִ֖יא תַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Jehu the.son of.Nimshi you.will.anoint to king over Israel and (et) Elisha the.son of.Shaphat from Abel Meholah you.will.anoint to prophet in place.of.you

*JPS 1917:* and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

[2 Kings 9:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.20/#tree)

וַיַּגֵּ֤ד הַצֹּפֶה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֥א עַד־אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֑ב וְהַמִּנְהָ֗ג כְּמִנְהַג֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁ֔י כִּ֥י בְשִׁגָּע֖וֹן יִנְהָֽג׃

*Word for word:* and he.reported the watchman (cmp) he.came to to them and not he.has.turned.back and the driving \[is\].like the.driving of.Jehu the.son of.Nimshi (dm) with madness he.drives

*JPS 1917:* And the watchman told, saying: 'He came even unto them, and cometh not back; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5250/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).