Hebrew Word Study

The meaning of נָשֶׁה

Understanding nâsheh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

which shrank. - rheumatic or crippled (from the incident to Jacob) 1) vein, nerve, tendon (in the thigh)

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נָשֶׁה

Phoneticnaw-sheh'
Transliterationnâsheh
Grammar Code
H:N-M
Hebrew Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

which shrank. - rheumatic or crippled (from the incident to Jacob) 1) vein, nerve, tendon (in the thigh)

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

1 total references
ReferenceText
Genesis 32:32

Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Word: נָשֶׁה (nâsheh)

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Genesis
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