Lexical Definition
נוּץ nûwts (noots) to flee H:V
a primitive root
flee away, bud (forth).
- properly, to flash
- hence, to blossom (from the brilliancy of color)
- also, to fly away (from the quickness of motion)
1) (Qal) to fly, flee
2) (Hiphil) to bloom, blossom
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [נָצָה] verb fly (?); — only Qal Perfect 3 plural (si vera lectio) נָצ֫וּ גַּםנָֿ֑עוּ Lam 4:15 (of homeless exiles); text very dubious; read perhapsנָ֫דוּ (compare Gen 4:12; Gen 4:14), so Bu; Löhr (more venturesomely) כִּי לֹא יִמְצְאוּ מָנוֺחַ; Buhl13 perhaps כִּי גַּם נָָֽגְעוּ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 4:12 · 4:14 |
| Lamentations | 4:15 |