H5175. nachash
I. נָחָשׁ noun masculine[Gen 3:1] serpent (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic serpent, viper (Lane406anything hunted) is compare by LagM, i, 230; BN 50, 188 BaEs 48, but improbable; Arabic see below [נָחַשׁ below; on formation compare LagBN 50); — absolute ׳נ [Amos 5:19] +; construct נְחַשׁ [Num 21:9] [2]t.; plural נְחָשִׁים [21:6]; [Jer 8:17]; —
1 serpent:
a. as biting, [Amos 5:19]; [Eccl 10:8], in spite of charm (לַחַשׁ) [10:11] [compare Ecculs [12:13]], [Jer 8:17] (+ צִפְעֹנִים; figurative of enemies); so הַשְׁרָפִים הַנְּחָשִׁים [Num 21:6] (deadly; J E; compare JacobArab. Dicht. iv. 10 ff.), and singular [21:9], also (collective) [21:7] compare ׳נ שָׂרָף [Deut 8:15] (+ עַקְרָב); ׳נ figurative of oppressor, מְעוֺפֵף שָׂרָף וּפִרְיוֺ צֶפַע יֵצֵא נָחָשׁ מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ [Isa 14:29]; figurative of Dan [Gen 49:17] (poem in J; || שְׁפִיפֹן); נ ׳הֲמַת [Psa 58:5] (simile of perniciousness of ungodly), compare ׳נ [140:4]; simile of effect of wine Proverbs 22:32 (|| צִפִעֹנִי).
b. rod becomes ׳נ [Exod 4:3] (J), compare [7:15] (E); נ דֶּרֶךְ צוּר ׳עֲלֵי [Prov 30:19].
c. ׳נ (apparently) as hissing [Jer 46:22] (in simile, compare Gie); as eating dust [Isa 65:25] compare [Micah 7:17] (in simile; see also [Gen 3:14]).
d. as crafty tempter [Gen 3:1-2], [4], [13], [14].
2 ׳נ (הַ)נְּחשֶׁת, bronze image of serpent [Num 21:9] (twice in verse); [2Kin 18:4] (compare נְחֻשְׁתָּן).
3 mythological ׳נ בָּרִחַ [Job 26:13] fleeing serpent, of eclipse-dragon (compareלִנְיָתָן [3:6]); also נ ׳לִוְיָתָן עֲקַלָּתוֺן נ ׳לִוְיָתָן ֗֗֗ בּרִחַ [Isa 27:1] (symbolic of world-powers); ׳נ of sea-monster [Amos 9:3]. — ׳נ with verb נָשַׁךְ bite [Num 21:6] [8]t. On supernatural character of serpents in Arabic belief see NöZeitschr. Für Völkerpsychol. i.(1860), 412-416 RSKinship 197, Semitic i. 421 f., 2d ed, 442 WeSkizzen iii.147, Arab. Heid. 2, 152 f. JacobArab. Dicht. iv. 5
נָחָשׁ
原文音譯：vx'n" naw-khawsh’
詞類次數：名詞（31）
原文字根：蛇；相當於G1404（δράκων） G3789（ὄφις）
字義溯源：蛇，魔鬼。出自（H5172（נָחַשׁ）*=行法術）
出現次數：總共（31）；創（6）；出（2）；民（5）；申（1）；王下（1）；伯（1）；詩（2）；箴（2）；傳（2）；賽（4）；耶（2）；摩（2）；彌（1）
譯字彙編：
1）蛇（19）[創49:17]；[出4:3]；[民21:7]；[民21:9]；[民21:9]；[申8:15]；[王下18:4]；[伯26:13]；[詩58:4]；[詩140:3]；[箴23:32]；[箴30:19]；[傳10:8]；[賽14:29]；[賽27:1]；[賽27:1]；[賽65:25]；[耶8:17]；[摩9:3]；
2）（那）蛇（5）[創3:2]；[傳10:11]；[耶46:22]；[摩5:19]；[彌7:17]；
3）那蛇（4）[創3:4]；[創3:13]；[創3:14]；[民21:9]；
4）那）蛇（1）[民21:6]；
5）蛇的（1）[出7:15]；
6）惟有那蛇（1）[創3:1]