Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to eliminate, i.e. (intransitively) to dry up
KJV Usage: fail
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָשַׁת (na.shat) — be dry. 1) to be dry, be parched 1a) (Qal) to be dry, be parched 1b) (Niphal) to be dried up
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Dry | verb qal | ≈ חרב
to become dry, to dry up = process by which a body of water or place that was formerly covered with moisture dries up, ◄ as a result of evaporation or draining; ► in the case of land, if this condition persists, sedentary life will become impossible
Dry | verb qal
to be parched = process by which objects containing liquid essential to their existence lose these liquids ◄ due to some external or internal cause
Lax | verb qal
to dry up > to fail = process by which a quality is gradually reduced in intensity, ◄ as a liquid that slowly dries up
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָשַׁת vb. be dry, parched Qal their might is dry, i.e. fails.
Niph. and water shall be dried up from the sea
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