נֵס
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. a miracle
2. a flag, a standard, a banner
3. a staff, a pole, a flagpole
4. a banner, a pennant (modern)
5. an instant coffee (informal, intransitive)
6. an island (archaic, Mishnaic, intransitive)
Pronunciation
nes
Examples38
נֵס לֹא קָרָה לָנוּ – \ פַּךְ שֶׁמֶן לֹא מָצָאנוּ.
A miracle did not happen to us – / we did not find a flask of oil.
נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה שָׁם.
A great miracle happened there.
אַתָּה מַאֲמִין בנִסִּים? לֹא? אֲבָל הֵם מַאֲמִינִים בך.
Do you believe in miracles? You don't? But they believe in you.
מֵהֵם שְׁנֵי הַנִּסִּים שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ לעם ישראל בחֲנֻכָּה?
What were the two miracles that were done for the people of Israel on Hanukkah?
אֲנִי לֹא מַאֲמִין בנִסִּים.
I don't believe in miracles.
אֲנִי יָכֹל לְקַוּוֹת לנֵס, נָכוֹן?
I can hope for a miracle, can't I?