Strong's Lexicon: H5255 נָסַח

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5255
Word:	נָסַח
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	nacach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	naw-sakh'
Meaning:	1. to tear away
KJV Renderings:	destroy, pluck, root.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5230

[נָסַח] verb pull or tear away (Late Hebrew נָסַח, ᵑ7 נְסַח both remove; Assyrian nasâ—u = Biblical Hebrew, so Old Aramaic נסח Cook⁸² Lzb³²³; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3340] annul, supersede, change by substitution, copy; compare Assyrian nis—u, nus—u , extract, excerpt Dl^{HWB 472} Meissn^{ZA iv (1889), 267}; Late Hebrew נָסְחָה , Nabataean נסחת id., also Aramaic נוסחא (whence Arabic [untranscribed source text 3341]) Hoffm^{ZMG xxxii. 760} compare Frä²⁵¹; Syriac [untranscribed source text 3342] copy); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ׳ בְּית גֵּאִים יִסַּח י Prov 15:25 the house of proud men will ׳ י tear down; וְיִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל Ps 52:7 yea, he [׳ י] shall tear thee away, without a tent; 3 masculine plural יִסְּחוּ מִן Prov 2:22 transgressors shall (men) tear away from the land (read perhaps יִנָָּֽסְחוּ shall be torn away; || יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ; compare Ges^{«GKC:144»§ 144}, 3b. R Da^{Synt. § 108. b} ).

Niph`al Perfect 2 masculine plural consecutive וְנִסַּחְתֶּם מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה Deut 28:63 and ye shall be torn away from off the land.

מַסָּח 2Kgs 11:6, see above

BDB9710

[נְסַח] verb pull away ( ᵑ7 ; see Biblical Hebrew); —

Hithpe`el be pulled away: Imperfect3 masculine singular יִתְנְסַךְ Ezra 6:11 ( מִן).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke