Lexical Definition

‎נָאַץ‎ nâʼats (naw-ats') to spurn ^H:V
a primitive root; in Ecclesiastes 12:5, by interchange for ‎נוּץ‎, to bloom

abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, [idiom] great, provoke.

• to scorn

1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to spurn
1b2) to cause to contemn
1c) (Hiphil) to spurn
1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned

See Greek: ἀθετέω · ἀπωθέομαι · βλασφημέω · ἐκκλίνω · ζηλόω · μυκτηρίζω · παροξύνω · παροργίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָאַץ‎ verb contemn, spurn (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; ᵑ7 ‎נִיאוּצָא‎ reviling); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Prov 5:12 3 plural ‎נָָֽאֲצוּ‎ Prov 1:30 ‎נָאָ֑צוּ‎ Ps 107:11 Imperfect ‎יִנְאַץ‎ Prov 15:5 ‎יִנְאָצ֑וּן‎ Jer 33:24, etc.; — contemn, subject wicked and foolish, object ‎תּוֺכַחַת‎ Prov 1:30; Prov 5:12 object ‎מוּסָד‎ Prov 15:5 ‎עֵצָה‎ Ps 107:11; Jer 33:24 (object ‎׳‎‎עַם י‎; compare Gie); subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ Deut 32:19; Jer 14:21; Lam 2:6. Pi`el Perfect ‎נִאֵץ‎ Ps 10:3; Ps 10:13 ‎נִאַ֫צְתָּ‎ 2Sam 12:14, etc.; Imperfect ‎יְנָאֵץ‎ Ps 74:10 suffix ‎יְנַאֲצֻנִי‎ Num 14:11 Infinitive absolute ‎נִאֵץ‎ (Sta<sup>§ 221</sup>) 2Sam 12:14 Participle suffix ‎מְנָָֽאֲצַי‎ Num 14:23 ‎מְנַאֲצַי‎ Jer 23:17 ‎מְנַאֲצָ֑יִךְ‎ Isa 60:14 — contemn, spurn, subject men, object ‎׳‎‎י‎, etc.: Num 14:11; Num 14:23; Num 16:30 (all J), Deut 31:20; Deut 1:4; Ps 10:3; Ps 10:13; Jer 23:17 object ‎׳‎‎שֵׁם י‎ Ps 74:10; Ps 74:18 ‎׳‎‎אִמְרַת י‎ Isa 5:24 ‎׳‎‎מִנְחַת י‎ 1Sam 2:17 once object Jerusalem Isa 60:14 cause to contemn (blaspheme AV RV) 2Sam 12:14 (twice in verse) (but ‎אֹיְבֵי‎ probably interp.; see Comm). Hiph`il Imperfect ‎יָנֵ֯אץ‎ see ‎נצץ‎ Hithpo`el Participle ‎כלהֿיום שְׁמִי מִנֹּאָץ‎ Isa 52:5 every day is my name contemned.

Also see: נוּץ

[‎נָצַץ‎] verb denominative bloom, blossom (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic ‎נְצַץ‎ id.); —

Hiph`il Perfect 3 plural ‎הֵנֵ֫צוּ‎ Song 6:11 (no dagh., see Kö^{i. 381} Ges ^{§ 67, 8, R. 11}) the pomegranates have put forth blossoms, so Song 7:13* Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָנֵאץ‎ Eccl 12:5 the almond-tree wears blossoms.

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