נְשִׂיאָה II f. (נָשָׂא) 1) lifting up; נְשִׂיאַת כפים pronouncing the priestly benediction, v. נָשָׂא, a. כַּף. Taan. 26ᵇ; a. fr. —2) carrying, loading. Ex. R. s. 4, v. עֲמִיסָה. Gen. R. s. 89 (ref. to Ps. LXXII, 3) נשאו הרים נְשִׂיאָתָן וכ׳ when the mountains bear their load (of fruits), there is peace for the people.—3) נְשִׂיאַת ראש taking the sum, census. Num. R. s. 6 (ref. to Num. IV, 2, sq.) למה הקדים … לנ׳ ר׳ why does the Biblical text give Kehath the first place in taking the census?; v. next w.