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Numbers 35:25

“And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.” (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
  • וְ — conjunction
  • הִצִּ֨ילוּ — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HC/Vhq3cp
Usage
Occurs 213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:9Genesis 31:16Genesis 32:12Genesis 32:31Genesis 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.

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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.