Presidents are elected by the Knesset for a single seven-year term. This word comes directly from the Torah, describing leaders from each of the 12 tribes of Israel (Numbers 4:34). It shares its three-letter root נ-ש-א (n-s-a) with the verb laset (לַשְּׂאֵת, “to carry” or “to marry”) and the word lehitna’seh (לְהִתְנַשֵּׂא, “to be high,” “above all else,” or “to be arrogant”). This same root is also found in masa (מַשָּׂא, “burden,” or in the bible, “prophecy”).