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2 Kings 18:33

“Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָצַלnâtsal · naw-tsal'
H5337 · Hebrew

Definition: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
Grammar: הַ — particle (interrogative)
הַצֵּ֥ל — verb Hiphil, infinitive absolute
Code HTi/Vha
Usage: Occurs 213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:9 Genesis 31:16 Genesis 32:12 Genesis 32:31 Genesis 37:21

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָצַל here.

Verse 32 Verse 34

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.