I. נָשַׁק verb kiss (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian našâku, ᵑ7 נְשֵׁיק, נְשַׁק, Syriac , kiss (originally smell [] according to LagNov.Psalt.Spec.24f.): Arabic is fasten together, arrange in order, Ethiopic participle ordine dispositus, apte sertus Di641, pos. akin to II. נשׁק); —
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular
׳נ 1Kgs 19:18;
2Sam 15:5 3 feminine singular
נָָֽשְׁקָה Prov 7:13 3 plural
נָשָׁ֑קוּ Ps 85:11 Imperfect יִּשַּׁק Gen 41:40,
וַיִּשַּׁק Gen 27:27 +; suffix
יִשָּׁקֵ֫נִי Song 1:2 1 singular cohortative
אֶשֳּׁקָהֿ 1Kgs 19:20 3 masculine plural
יִשָּׁק֑וּן Hos 13:2, etc.;
Imperative וּשֲׁקָה Gen 27:26 Infinitive construct נְשָׁקֿ 2Sam 20:9 —
kiss, usually with
לְ person:
Gen 27:26;
Gen 27:29;
Gen 50:1;
Exod 4:27 (all J),
Gen 48:10;
Exod 18:7 (both E),
2Sam 15:5;
2Sam 14:33;
2Sam 19:40;
2Sam 20:9;
2Sam 1:20; so of idol-worship
1Kgs 19:18 (compare We
Skizzen iii. 105; Heid. 109), compare
וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי Job 31:27 and my hand hath kissed my mouth; rarely with accusative of person
1Sam 20:41 (
אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ), suffix person
1Sam 10:1 Canticles (+
מִגְּשִׁיקוֺת),
Song 8:1 also
Gen 33:4 וַֹיִֹּשָֹּׁקֵֹהֹוֹּ (J; Holz E; word suspicious, Di rejects);
׳עֲגָלִים יִשּׁ Hos 13:2 claves do they kiss;
שְׁפָתַיִם יִשָּׁ֑ק Prov 24:26 lips he kisses; absolute
Ps 85:11 (figurative, reciprocal) . —
עַלפִּֿיךָ יִשַּׁק Gen 41:40 is dubious, Di. 'to thy mouth all my people shall yield' (fit, adapt themselves, compare Arabic √), so Kau Buhl
Lex, but this meaning uncertain, and text perhaps corrupt, see Di Holz).
Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular
וַיְנַשֵּׁק Gen 32:1;
Gen 45:15,
וַיְנַשֶּׁקֿ Gen 29:13 Imperative masculine plural
נַשְּׁקוּֿ Ps 2:12 Infinitive construct נַשֵּׁק Gen 31:28 —
kiss =
Qal: with
לְ person
Gen 29:13(J),
Gen 31:28;
Gen 32:1;
Gen 45:15 (all E);
נַשְּׁקובַֿר Ps 2:12 is dubious, compare I.
בַּר a above
Hiph`il Participle מַשִּׁיקוֺתּ Ezek 3:13 of wings of cherubim,
gently touching each other (with
אֶלֿ).
II. [נָשַׁק] verb exact meaning uncertain; probably either handle, or be equipped with (compare perhaps Arabic etc., below I. נשׁק); — only Qal Participle plural construct נשְׁקֵי: — קֶשֶׁת ׳נ 1Chr 12:2 equipped with the bow, so 2Chr 17:17 (+ מָגֵן); רוֺמֵי קֶשֶׁת ׳נ Ps 78:9 is difficult, ׳ר appositive of ׳נ according to Hup-Now Bae and others (Ges«GKC:130e»§ 130e); strike out רוֺמֵי as explanatory gloss Hup Hi Che Kau; strike out ver. as gloss Hup Kau Bae.