STRONGS NUMBER H5337


Word Summary
natsal: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver
Original Word: נָצַל
Transliteration: natsal
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-tsal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver
Meaning: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver
Strong's Concordance
to snatch away, at all, defend, deliver self, escape, without fail, part, pluck,

A primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense:- X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5337. natsal

[נָצַל‎212 verb not in

Qal; Pi`el strip, plunder;

Niph`al deliver oneself, be delivered;

Hiph`il snatch away, deliver (Ecclus Hiph`il Participle מצלת‎ delivering Ecclesiasticus 40:24b (Levi conjectures יציל‎ Ecclesiasticus 40:24a)); Late Hebrew Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; Biblical Aramaic Haph`el id.; Syriac pour out; Arabic intransitive tincturam exuit emisitque barba, ex cuspide excidit sagitta, etc., Kam Frey; Ethiopic III. evulsum or abruptum excidere e suo loco, Di698); —

Niph`al Perfect1plural נִצַּלְנוּ‎ Jeremiah 7:10; Imperfect יִנָּצֵל‎ Deuteronomy 23:16, + 1singular אִנָָּֽצְלָה‎ Psalm 69:15, + 8 t. Imperfect; Infinitive הַנָּצֵל‎ Isaiah 20:6 3t. —

1 reflexive tear oneself away, deliver oneself: absolute Proverbs 6:3; Ezekiel 14:16, 18; 2 Kings 19:11 = Isaiah 37:11; with מִיַּד‎ Proverbs 6:5; אֶל ֗֗֗ מֵעִ‎ escape from-unto Deuteronomy 23:16.

2 passive, be torn, out or away הָאֲרִי מִמִּי‎ Amos 3:12; be delivered, absolute Genesis 32:31; Jeremiah 7:10; Psalm 33:16; Micah 4:30 מִמְּנֵי‎ Isaiah 20:6; מִכַּף‎ Habakkuk 2:9; מִן‎ Psalm 69:15.

Pi`el Perfect2masculine plural נִצַּלְתֶּם‎ Exodus 3:22; Imperfect יְנַצֵּל‎ Ezekiel 14:14 2t.; —

1 strip of, spoil, absolute 2 Chronicles 20:25; with accusative of person Exodus 3:22; 12:36 (J).

2 deliver, with accusative נַפְשָׁם‎ Ezekiel 14:14.

Hiph`il190 Perfect הִצִּיל‎ Exodus 12:27; 2masculine singular הִצַּ֫לְתָּ‎ 5:23 50t. Perfect; Imperfect יַּצִּיל‎ 2 Kings 17:39; יַצֵּל‎ Genesis 31:9 63t. Imperfect; Imperative הַצֵּל‎ Proverbs 24:11; הַצִּ֫ילָה‎ Psalm 22:21; suffix הַצִּילֵנִי‎ Genesis 32:12 24t. Imperative; Infinitive absolute הַצֵּל‎ 2 Kings 18:30 4t.; construct הַצִּיל‎ Genesis 37:22-23t. Infinitive; Participle מַצִּיל‎ Deuteronomy 32:39 16t. Participle —

1 take away, snatch away, e.g. property Genesis 31:9-10, (E) Hosea 2:11, prey from the mouth of animals 1 Samuel 17:35; Amos 3:12; Ezekiel 34:10, words of ׳י‎ from the mouth Psalm 119:43; בֵּינֵיהֶם מַצִּיל וְאֵין‎ 2 Samuel 14:6 and there was none to tear them apart (two fighting); וְהִצִּיל עֵינֵנוּ‎ 20:6 and take away our eye (elude our sight, Ges; Ew We after ᵐ5‎ cast shadow over our eye, denominative from צֵל‎ Bö Th after ᵑ6‎ tear away our eye, harm us irretrievably, see Dr1826. 2.; HPS escape from us [מִמֶּנּוּ‎, as ᵐ5‎L], compare Bu [וְנִצַּל‎]).

2 rescue, recover, e.g. cities Judges 11:26; wives and property 1 Samuel 30:8, 18, 22.

3 deliver from:

a. enemies and troubles, absolute 1 Samuel 12:21; Proverbs 19:19; Isaiah 50:2; Jeremiah 39:17; מַצִּיל אֵין‎ Judges 18:28; Job 5:4; 10:7; Psalm 7:3; 50:22; 71:11; Isaiah 5:29; 42:22; 43:13; Daniel 8:47; Hosea 5:14; Micah 5:7; with accusative Genesis 18:8 (E), Exodus 5:23; 12:27 (J), Deuteronomy 23:15 39t.; נַפְשׁוֺ הַצִּיל‎ Isaiah 44:20; 47:14; Ezekiel 3:19, 21; 14:20; 33:19; with מִן‎ from Micah 5:6 25t.; מִיַּד‎ from the hand or power of Genesis 32:12; Exodus 2:19 (J) + 57 t.; יַד מִתַּחַת‎ 18:10 (E); מִכַּף‎ 2 Samuel 14:16; 19:10; 22:1 = Psalm 18:1, 2 Kings 20:6 = Isaiah 38:6; 2 Chronicles 32:11; Ezra 8:31.

b. from death Proverbs 11:16; 12:6; מִמּוֺת‎ Joshua 2:13 (J), Psalm 33:19; Psalm 56:14; Proverbs 10:12 = 11:4; מִשְּׁאוֺל‎ Psalm 86:13; Proverbs 23:14.

4 deliver from sin and guilt (in late writings), מִכָּלמְּֿשָׁעַי‎ Psalm 39:9 from all my trangression; מִדָּמִים‎ 51:6 from bloodguiltiness; עַלחַֿטּאֹתֵינוּ וְכַמֵּר הַצִּילֵנוּ‎ 79:9 deliver us and cover over all our sins; probably also הַצִּילֵנִי כְּאִמְרָֽתְךָ‎ 119:170.

Hoph`al Participle מֻצּל‎; — מִשְּׂרֵטָה מֻצָּל כְּאוּד‎ Amos 4:11 as a brand plucked out of the burning; מֵאֵשׁ‎ Zechariah 3:2 from the fire.

Hithpa`el אֶתעֶֿדְיָם וַיִּתְנַצְּלוּ‎ Exodus 33:6 (E) and they stripped themselves of their ornaments.

[נְצַל‎] verb Haph`el rescue, deliver (see Biblical Hebrew, Egyptian Aramaic הנצל‎ take away, S-CC 10, D 18); — of God, absolute: Participle active מַצִּל‎ Daniel 6:28, Infinitive לְהַצָּלָה‎ 3:29; of man, suffix person לְהַצָּלוּתֵהּ‎ 6:15.