Niph`al intransitive and pass. (Arabic be capacious, II. make wide, spacious, IV. make sufficient, V. VIII. be or live in abundance (see Dr^{1Samuel 14:45}) Phoenician proper name ישע; Sabean יתֿע (royal epithet), proper name אליתֿע, יתֿעאל, עמיתֿע, e.g. Mordt^{ZMG 1876, 87}; 1893, 409. 416. 417, etc. (yet note strange equivalent, תַ = ); not in Aramaic; MI⁴ השעני he delivered me, 1 Samuel 1:3 (ב)משע deliverance, Sm and So, (but במת ClGann Dr); proper name, masculine משע 1 Samuel 1:1, also 1 Samuel 1:3 [4] Sm and So, but ישע deliverance, ClGann Dr) —

Niph`al Perfect3masculine נוֺשַׁע Deuteronomy 33:29; Isaiah 45:17; 2plural נוֺשַׁעְתֶּם Numbers 10:9; 1plural נוֺשָׁ֑עְנוּ Jeremiah 8:20; Imperfect3masculine singular יִוָּשֵׁעַ Jeremiah 30:7; Proverbs 28:18 + 1 Samuel 14:47 (for ᵑ0 יַרְשִׁיעַ) ᵐ5 We Klo Dr Kit Bu; 3 feminine singular תִּוָּשַׁע Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; אִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה Psalm 119:117; Jeremiah 17:14 8t. Imperfect; Imperative plural הִוָָּֽשְׁעוּ Isaiah 45:22; Participle נוֺשָׁע Psalm 33:16; Zechariah 9:9; —

1 be liberated, saved (properly placed in freedom; compare for the figurative הִרְחִיב, מֶרְחָב), from external evils Proverbs 28:18, by God Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 45:22; Isaiah 64:4; Jeremiah 4:14; Jeremiah 8:20; Jeremiah 17:14; Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; Psalm 80:4; Psalm 80:8; Psalm 80:20; Psalm 119:117; with מִן, Jeremiah 30:7; מֵאֹיְבִים Numbers 10:9 (P), 2 Samuel 22:4 = Psalm 18:4.

2 be saved in battle, victorious Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 33:16 + 1 Samuel 14:47 see above; עַם נוֺשַׁע ביהוה Deuteronomy 33:29 a people victorious in ׳י (poem), compare Isaiah 45:17.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הוֺשִׁעַ 1 Samuel 9:16; Psalm 20:7; הוֺשִׁעַ Zechariah 12:7; suffix הוֺשִׁיעוֺ Psalm 34:7; 1singular הוֺשַׁעְתִּי Isaiah 43:12 4t., + 14 t. Perfect; Imperfect יְהוֺשִׁיעַ 1 Samuel 17:47 (see Dr) Psalm 116:6; יוֺשִׁיעַ Isaiah 45:20 6t.; וְישַׁע (jussive) Proverbs 20:22; וַיּוֺשַׁע Exodus 14:30 7t.; וַיּשַׁע 1 Samuel 23:5 2t.; suffix יוֺשִׁיעֲךָ Hosea 13:10; יוֺשִׁיעֶנּוּ Isaiah 46:7; ישִׁעֵנוּ 1 Samuel 10:27; ישַׁעֲכֶם Isaiah 35:4 (jussive, Dr^{§ 47. n. 4}), etc.; Imperative הוֺשַׁע Jeremiah 31:7; Psalm 86:2; הוֺשִׁיעָה 2 Kings 6:26 8t.; הוֺשִׁעָה 2 Samuel 14:4 19t. Imperative; Infinitive absolute הוֺשֵׁעַ 1 Samuel 25:26 2t.; construct הוֺשִׁיעַ 1 Samuel 14:6 14t. + 2 Samuel 3:18 (where read אוֺשִׁיעַ Vrss. Ke We Klo Dr Bu and others), + 7 t. Infinitive; Participle מוֺשִׁיעַ Deuteronomy 22:27 21t.; suffix מוֺשִׁיעָם Psalm 106:21 8t. suffix; plural מוֺשִׁיעִים Obadiah 21; Nehemiah 9:27; —

1 deliver, save (properly give width and breadth to, liberate), in peril, with accusative of person or location Exodus 2:17 (E) Judges 6:31; 1 Samuel 23:2,5; 2 Samuel 10:19 = 1 Chronicles 19:19; 2 Kings 6:27 (twice in verse); Psalm 36:7; Psalm 72:18; Job 26:2; with לְ person Joshua 10:6 (E) Deuteronomy 22:27; Judges 10:14; 2 Samuel 10:11 = 1 Chronicles 19:12 (with accusative), Jeremiah 11:12 (twice in verse); Psalm 72:4; Psalm 116:6; absolute הוֺשִׁיעָה הַמֶּלֶךְ Help, O king 2 Samuel 14:4; 2 Kings 6:26. Specifically save, from evils and troubles :

a. of heroic men, saving the nation in war Judges 3:31; Judges 6:15; Judges 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:27; Hosea 13:10; Jeremiah 14:9; these are named מוֺשִׁיעַ saviour Judges 3:9,15; 2 Kings 13:5; Isaiah 19:20; Obadiah 21; Nehemiah 9:27; phrase when they are lacking אֵין מוֺשִׁיעַ Judges 12:3; 1 Samuel 11:3; 2 Samuel 22:42 = Psalm 18:42; Deuteronomy 28:29,31; Isaiah 47:15; they save מִיַּד from the hand of Judges 2:16; Judges 8:22; Judges 12:2; Judges 13:5; 1 Samuel 9:16; Nehemiah 9:27; מכף Judges 6:14; 1 Samuel 4:3; 2 Kings 16:7.

b. of God, who saves his people from external evils Deuteronomy 20:4; Joshua 22:22; Judges 3:9; Judges 6:36,37; Judges 7:7; Judges 10:13; 1 Samuel 14:23,39; 2 Kings 14:27; 2 Kings 19:34 = Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 33:22; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 43:12; Isaiah 49:25; Isaiah 63:9; Jeremiah 31:7; Ezekiel 34:22; Hosea 1:7 (twice in verse); Habakkuk 1:2; Zephaniah 3:17,19; Zechariah 8:7,13; Zechariah 9:16; Zechariah 10:6; Zechariah 12:7; Psalm 28:9; Psalm 69:36; Psalm 106:8; Psalm 118:25; 2Chronicles 20:9; or the pious among them Isaiah 38:20; Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 17:14; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 7:2; Psalm 31:17; Psalm 54:3; Psalm 55:17; Psalm 57:4; Psalm 69:2; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 71:3; Psalm 106:47 = 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalm 109:26; Psalm 119:94; Psalm 119:146; Psalm 138:7; Proverbs 20:22; and especially the king Psalm 20:7; Psalm 20:10; David 2 Samuel 8:5,14; thy servant Psalm 86:2; Psalm 86:16; חסיד Psalm 12:2; דַּכְּאֵירֿוּחַ Psalm 34:19; צדיקים Psalm 37:40; חוֺסִים Psalm 17:7; ׳יראי י Psalm 145:19; עם עני Psalm 18:28 = 2 Samuel 22:28; עַנְוֵיאֶֿרֶץ Psalm 76:10; ישׁרי לב Psalm 7:11; שַׁח עֵינַיִם Job 22:29; accordingly God is מוֺשִׁיעַ saviour Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:15,21; Isaiah 63:8; Hosea 13:4; משִׁעִי 2 Samuel 22:3; מוֺשִׁיעָם Psalm 106:21; מוֺשִׁיעוֺ Jeremiah 14:8; מוֺשִׁיעֲךָ Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 60:16; Jeremiah 30:10 = Jeremiah 46:27; is with his people לְהוֺשִׁיעַ Jeremiah 15:20; Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 42:11; רַב לְהוֺשִׁיעַ Isaiah 63:1; בֵּית מְצוּדוֺת לְהוֺשִׁיעֵנִי Psalm 31:3; Israel prays הוֺשִׁיעָה יְמִינְךָ O save with thy right hand Psalm 60:7 = Psalm 108:7, compare Isaiah 59:1; that from which one is saved construction with מִיַּד ׃מִן Exodus 14:30 (J) Judges 2:18; Judges 10:12; 1 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Kings 19:19 = Isaiah 37:20; Psalm 106:10; 2Chronicles 32:22; מֵחָמָס 2 Samuel 22:3; מֵחֶרֶב Job 5:15: מִכָּלצָֿרוֺת Psalm 34:7; מִכָּלרָֿעוֺת 1 Samuel 10:19; מִצָּרֵינוּ Psalm 44:8; מִמִּי אַרְיֵה Psalm 22:22; מִשֹּׁפְטֵי נַפְשׁוֺ Psalm 109:31; מֵאַנְשֵׁי דָמִים Psalm 59:3; מִמְּצוּקוֺת Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:19.

c. there is no other salvation, the sword saves not Psalm Psalm 44:7, or a nation Lamentations 4:17, or astrologers Isaiah 47:13, or Asshur Hosea 14:4, or other gods Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 46:7; Jeremiah 2:28.

2 save from moral troubles, only in Ezekiel. מִכֹּל מוֺשְׁבֹתֵיחֶם (read, with Co Da and others, מְשׁוּבוֺתֵיהֶם) Ezekiel 37:23; מִכֹּל טֻמְאוֺתֵיכֶם Jeremiah 36:29.

3 give victory to:

a. of man, with לְ person, give victory to, with agent subject יַד Judges 7:2; 1 Samuel 25:26,33, יַד om. 1 Samuel 25:31; יַמִין Job 40:14; זְרוֺעַ Psalm 44:4.

b. of God, with לְ person, subject יָמִין Psalm 98:1; זְרוֺעַ Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5; Yahweh 1 Chronicles 18:6, with accusative 1 Chronicles 18:13; absolute gain victory 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 17:47; וַיּוֺשַׁע תְּשׁוּעָה גְדוֺלָה 1 Chronicles 11:14.