נֵס

Exodus 17:15 נִסִּֽי׃ [is] standard my

And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

Here: A nēs is a pole or standard set up on high ground as a rallying point and signal. With 'my' on the end it is personal: the standard I rally to and fight under is YHWH himself. It probably plays on the staff Moses held aloft on the hill during the battle.

Numbers 21:8 נֵ֑ס a standard

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”

Here: Not just any stick but a signal pole, the kind of raised standard used to rally people or send a signal across a distance. It is meant to be seen from all over the camp.

Numbers 21:9 הַנֵּ֑ס the standard

So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

Here: A nes is a signal pole or banner raised so a crowd can see it and gather to it. Here it has the article ('the standard'), which points back to the pole God mentioned in v.8.

Numbers 26:10 לְנֵֽס׃ <into> a warning sign

And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

Here: A nes is a pole or banner put up high so everyone can see it and take its signal. The rebels' end was 'raised up' before Israel as a public warning.

Psalm 60:4 נֵּ֭ס a standard

You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah

Here: A pole or standard raised on high ground as a signal to gather troops or people. The picture is military: the point everyone can see and run to.

Isaiah 5:26 נֵ֤ס a standard

He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

Here: A pole or flag set up on high ground as a visible signal to call troops together. Here God plants it himself, as a general calling up an army.

Isaiah 11:10 לְנֵ֣ס for a standard of

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

Here: A signal-pole or standard raised on a height so people far off can see it and gather. The root itself becomes the rallying point.

Isaiah 11:12 נֵס֙ a standard

He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Here: A tall pole set up on a height as a rallying signal. Verse 10 has just said the "root of Jesse" will stand as a nes for the peoples, so the signal raised here is tied to the coming Davidic king.

Isaiah 13:2 נֵ֔ס a standard

Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

Here: A tall pole, sometimes topped with a cloth or emblem, set on a height to call troops together. In Isaiah this is a repeated picture of God calling up an army.

Isaiah 18:3 נֵ֤ס a standard

All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.

Here: A tall pole set up on a height as a visual signal, sometimes carrying an emblem or cloth. Armies used it to rally troops or start a mobilization. It is a call to attention, not decoration.

Isaiah 30:17 וְכַנֵּ֖ס and like <the> standard

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

Here: 'And like the standard.' This is a military signal pole raised to rally troops. Here no troops are left to rally around it.

Isaiah 31:9 מִנֵּ֖ס from a standard

Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 33:23 נֵ֔ס [the] sail

Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

Isaiah 49:22 נִסִּ֑י standard my

This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

Here: God's own rallying pole, set up on a hill to call distant peoples to gather and act. Earlier in Isaiah the same signal called nations to come against Israel (5:26) and to gather Israel's scattered people (11:12).

Isaiah 62:10 נֵ֖ס a standard

Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

Here: A tall pole, sometimes with a cloth or emblem on it, set up on a height as a rallying signal. In Isaiah it summons distant nations (5:26; 11:12; 49:22).

Jeremiah 4:6 נֵ֣ס a standard

Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

Here: A visual signal raised on a pole, seen from far off across hill country. Here it tells scattered people which way to run.

Jeremiah 4:21 נֵּ֑ס a standard

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

Jeremiah 50:2 נֵ֔ס a standard

“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

Here: A pole, sometimes carrying a cloth, set up on high ground as a visual signal to gather troops or announce news. Here it works as a public announcement visible far off.

Jeremiah 51:12 נֵ֗ס a standard

Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

Here: A tall pole set up on a height as a rallying point and attack signal for troops. It was not mainly a cloth flag.

Jeremiah 51:27 נֵ֣ס a standard

“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

Here: A tall pole, perhaps with something attached, set up on a hill so scattered fighters could see where to gather. It is a visual rallying signal, not a decorative flag.

Ezekiel 27:7 לְנֵ֑ס <into> a sail

Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.