Lexical Definition

‎נוּס‎ nûwç (noos) to flee ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.

• to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape
• causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

1) to flee, escape
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to flee
1a2) to escape
1a3) to take flight, m depart, disappear
1a4) to fly (to the attack) on horseback
1b) (Polel) to drive at
1c) (Hithpolel) to take flight
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to put to flight
1d2) to drive hastily
1d3) to cause to disappear, hide

See Greek: διαφεύγω · διώκω · ἐκφεύγω · καταφεύγω · κινέω · μετακινέω · συνάγω · φεύγω · φθείρω · φυγή

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: nud (‎נו‎ּ‎ד‎ "to flee" נוּד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נוּס‎₁₆₀ verb flee, escape (Syriac tremble (rare), compare Brock; Arabic move to and fro, be in commotion, dangle, Lane²⁸⁶⁶); —

Qal Perfect ‎נָס‎ Num 35:25 +; ‎נַ֫סְתָּה‎ 2Kgs 9:3 ‎נַ֫סְתִּי‎ 1Sam 4:16, etc.; Imperfect ‎יָנוּס‎ Exod 21:13 +; ‎וַיָּנָ֫ס‎ Gen 39:12 +; ‎יְנוּס֑וּן‎ Ps 104:7, etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎נֻ֫סוּ‎ Jer 48:6 + 4 t. Jeremiah, Zechariah; Infinitive absolute ‎נוֺס‎ 2Sam 18:3 construct ‎לָנוּס‎ (‎לָנֻס‎) Gen 19:20 +; Participle ‎נָס‎ Amos 9:1 +; ‎נָסִים‎ Exod 14:27 +; —

1. flee, absolute Gen 39:12; Gen 39:15; Num 16:34 (all J); Josh 10:16 (JE); Lev 26:17; Lev 26:36 (H); figurative of sea Ps 114:3; Ps 114:5 compare Ps 104:7 followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎מָנוֺס‎ Jer 46:5, followed by ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ Josh 8:15 (J), 2Kgs 9:27 followed by ‎בְּדֶרֶךְ‎ Deut 28:7; Deut 28:25 ‎אֶלנַֿפְשָׁם‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 2Kgs 7:7 flee for their life, ‎בְּרַגְלָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎, Judg 4:15 flee on foot; + 44 t. absolute (not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎ location Deut 4:42; Deut 19:5; Deut 19:11 (D), Num 35:32; Josh 20:4 (both P), Judg 4:17; 1Kgs 2:28; 1Kgs 2:29; Isa 13:14 followed by ‎לְ‎ 1Sam 4:10 + 6 t. + ‎לִקְרָאתוֺ‎ Exod 14:27 (E; not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by ‎עַד‎ Judg 7:22 + Prov 28:17 (‎עַדבּֿוֺר‎, see ‎בּוֺר‎); followed by ‎עַלֿ‎ Isa 10:3 followed by ‎ָ  ה‎ locative Gen 14:10 + 4 t. J E, Num 35:6 + 6 t. P, Deut 4:42; Deut 19:3; Deut 19:4 (D), + 6 t.; followed by ‎שָׁם‎ Isa 20:6 followed by accusative of location Josh 8:20 (J), + 4 t.; followed by ‎מִמֶּרְחָק‎ Isa 17:13 = far away; followed by ‎מִן‎ from, Josh 20:6 (P), 1Sam 4:16 + 3 t.; ‎מִתּוֺךְ‎ Jer 51:6 especially ‎מִפְּנֵי‎ from before Exod 4:3; Exod 14:25; Num 10:35; Josh 10:11 (all J E), 1Sam 17:24; Jer 48:44 (Qr ‎הַנָּס‎, > Kt ‎הניס‎), + 19 t.; followed by ‎לִפְנֵי‎ Josh 7:4; Josh 8:5 (twice in verse); Josh 8:6 (all J), 1Sam 4:17; 2Sam 24:13, ‎מִלִּפְנֵי‎ 1Chr 19:18.

2. escape Amos 9:1 (|| ‎נמלט‎) so Jer 46:6 hence

3. take flight, depart, disappear, only figurative; Deut 34:7 (JE) his freshness (‎לֵחֹה‎ vigour) was not gone (|| ‎לֹא כָֽהֲתָה עינו‎); of shadows (at evening), Song 2:17; Song 4:6 of sorrow etc. Isa 35:10; Isa 51:11.

4. ‎עַלסֿוּס‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 30:16 fly (to the attack) on horseback. Po`lel Perfect Isa 59:19 ‎נֹסֲסָה בּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ י‎ the breath of ‎׳‎‎י‎ driveth at it, driveth it on (compare Hiph`il 2). Hithpo`l. Infinitive construct ‎לְהִתְנוֺסֵס‎ ‎מִפְּנֵי‎ Ps 60:6* in order to take flight before the bow (so Vrss Hup-Now Che Bae and others). Hiph`il Perfect ‎הֵנִיס‎ Exod 9:20 Imperfect ‎יָנִיסוּ‎ Deut 32:30 + Judg 7:21 Kt (Qr ‎וַיָּנוּסוּ‎ Qal); Infinitive construct ‎לְתָנִיס‎ Judg 6:11 —

1. put to flight, followed by accusative Deut 32:30 (|| ‎רדף‎).

2. drive hastily to a safe place Exod 9:20, followed by accusative + ‎אֶלֿ‎.

3. cause to disappear, hide Judg 6:11 (no object expressed) followed by ‎מִפְּנֵי‎.

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