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Genesis 32:12
“And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.” (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
- הַצִּילֵ֥ — verb Hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- נִי — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:9Genesis 31:16Genesis 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.