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Genesis 31:9
“Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָצַלnâtsal · naw-tsal'
H5337 · Hebrew
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
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּצֵּ֧ל — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:16Genesis 32:12Genesis 32:31Genesis 37:21Genesis 37:22
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.
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.