Lexical Definition

‎גָּזַל‎ gâzal (gaw-zal') to plunder ^H:V
a primitive root

catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.

• to pluck off
• specifically to flay, strip or rob

1) to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to tear away, rob
1a2) to seize, plunder (with acc cognate)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be robbed
1b2) to be taken away

See Greek: ἁρπάζω · ἀφαιρέω · διαρπάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎גָּזַל‎ verb tear away, seize, rob (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician ‎גזל‎ Niph`al, Aramaic ‎גְּזַל‎, & (Nas.) ; Arabic cut off) —

Qal Perfect ‎גָּזַל‎ Job 20:19; Ezek 18:18, ‎גָּזָ֑ל‎ Lev 5:23* +2 t., ‎גָּזַלְתִּי‎ Ps 69:5* etc.; Imperfect ‎יִגְזֹל‎ Ezek 18:7, ‎וַיִּגְזֹל‎ 2Sam 23:21; 1Chr 11:23 etc.; Infinitive ‎גְּזֹל‎ Isa 10:2 Participle active ‎גּוֺזֵל‎ Prov 28:24 suffix ‎גֹּזְלוֺ‎ Ps 35:10 plural construct ‎גֹּזְלֵי‎ Mic 3:2 passive ‎גָּזוּל‎ Deut 28:29 + 4 t.; — tear away, rob, with object of thing (movable), flock (‎עֵדֶר‎) Job 24:2, ass Deut 28:31, women Judg 21:23 compare Gen 31:31 (E), tear away orphan child from breast Job 24:9 ‎יתום מִשֹּׁד‎, snatch a spear from enemy's hand 2Sam 23:21 = 1Chr 11:23 figurative of drying up snow-water Job 24:19 (object stationary) take violent possession of, well of water Gen 21:25 (E), house Job 20:19, fields Mic 2:2 (hyperb.) the skin Mic 3:2 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb = seize, plunder, object ‎גְּזֵלָה‎ Lev 5:23* (P) Ezek 18:7; Ezek 18:12; Ezek 18:16, ‎גָּזֵל‎ Ezek 18:18; Ezek 22:29 indefinite Ps 69:5* figurative, object ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ Isa 10:2 with object person robbed Ps 35:10; Prov 22:22; Prov 28:24, probably also Judg 9:25 compare Lev 19:13 (H; absolute); compare also passive Deut 28:29 (|| ‎עָשׁוּק‎); ‎הציל גָּזוּל מיד עושׁק‎ Jer 21:12 compare Jer 22:3; Mal 1:13 ‎גָּזוּל‎ (|| ‎פִּסֵּחַ‎ lame and ‎חוֺלֶה‎ sick), probably that rescued after seizure by wild beasts, therefore mutilated. Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎וְנִגְזְלָה‎, subject sleep Prov 4:16 ‎לא‎ || ‎(יִ˜שְׁנוּׅ‎.

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