Lexical Definition

‎זָנַח‎ zânach (zaw-nakh') to reject ^H:V
a primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e.

cast away (off), remove far away (off).

• reject, forsake, fail

1) to cast off, reject, spurn
1a) (Qal) to reject
1b) (Hiphil) to forcefully reject someone
2) to stink, emit stench, become odious
2a) (Hiphil) stink (perfect)

See Greek: ἀποστρέφω · ἀπωθέομαι · ἐκβάλλω · ἐκλείπω · καταλείπω · μιαίνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎זָנַח‎ verb reject, spurn (perhaps compare Assyrian zinû, be angry, especially of gods Gu^{§ 105} Zim^{BP 23 ff.}) —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Hos 8:3; Hos 8:5; Lam 2:7 ‎זָנַחְתָּ‎ Ps 44:10* + 2 t.; suffix ‎זְנַחְתָּ֑נִי‎ Ps 43:2 ‎זְנַחְתָּנוּ‎ Ps 60:3*; Ps 60:12*; Ps 108:12* ‎זְנַחְתִּים‎ Zech 10:6 Imperfect ‎יִזְנַח‎ Ps 77:8*; Lam 3:31 ‎תִּזְנַח‎ Ps 44:24* + 2 t.; — reject, Israel rejects good Hos 8:3 Samaria's calf rejects her Hos 8:5 (others make ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject; We^{Kl. Proph.} reads ‎אזנת‎ I reject), elsewhere God rejects people Ps 43:2; Ps 60:3*; Ps 77:8*; Ps 88:15*; Zech 10:6 ‎לָנֶצַח‎ Ps 44:24*; Ps 74:1 ‎לעולם‎ Lam 3:31 ‎׳‎‎ולא תצא בצבאתינו ז‎ Ps 44:10*; Ps 60:12*; Ps 108:12* ‎נַפְשִׁי מִשָּׁלוֺם‎ Lam 3:17 king Ps 89:39* altar Lam 2:7. Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִזְנִיחַ‎ 2Chr 29:19 suffix ‎הִזְנִיחָם‎ 2Chr 11:14 3 plural ‎הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ‎ Isa 19:6, see II. ‎זנח‎; Imperfect ‎יַזְנִיחֲךָ‎ 1Chr 28:9 — (late) reject (= earlier Qal), Jeroboam rejects the Levites ‎׳‎‎מכהן לי‎ 2Chr 11:14 Ahaz the sacred vessels 2Chr 29:19 ‎׳‎‎י‎ rejects Solomon 1Chr 28:9.

II. [‎זָנַח‎] stink, emit stench (compare Arabic become rancid, of oil, etc., Lane); — only Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ נְהָרוֺת‎ rivers stink Isa 19:6 (read ‎הִזְנִיחוּ‎ Ges^{«GKC:53»§ 53}, 6 Ol^{§ 255 b} Sta^{§ 420 a} Kö^{i. 293}; but Ew^{§ 123 b} De Di derive from elative ‎אַזְנָח‎ or ‎אֶזְנָח‎).

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