Lexical Definition

‎נָסַג‎ nâçag (naw-sag') to remove ^H:V
a primitive root

departing away, remove, take (hold), turn away.

• to retreat

1) to move away, backslide, move, go, turn back
1a) (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to displace, move back
1b2) to remove, carry away
1d) (Hophal) to be driven back, be moved back

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎סוּג‎, seldom ‎שׂוּג‎] verb move away, backslide (‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ erroneous; Arabic go and come Lane¹⁴⁵⁹, abitus et adventus Frey (Kam)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎סָג‎ Ps 53:4* Imperfect 1 plural ‎נָסוֺג‎ Ps 80:19* Participle active construct ‎סוּג‎ Prov 14:14 (Ba^{NB § 124c} Ges^{«GKC:50f»§§ 50f}, «GKC:72p»72p); — backslide, prove recreant to ‎׳‎‎י‎, with ‎מִן‎ Ps 80:19* so absolute Ps 53:4* ‎סוּג לֵב‎ Prov 14:14 a backslider in heart. Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נָסוֺג‎ Ps 44:19*, ‎נָשׂוֺג‎ 2Sam 1:20 (‎שׂ‎ for ‎ס‎); 1 singular ‎נְסוּגֹּ֫תִי‎ Isa 50:5 3 plural ‎נָסֹ֫גוּ‎ Isa 42:17; Jer 38:22 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִסַּג‎ Mic 2:6 (Ges^{«GKC:72dd»§ 72dd}, but see below); 3 masculine plural ‎יִמֹּ֫גוּ‎ Ps 35:4 + 3 t., ‎וַיִּסֹּ֫גוּ‎ Ps 78:57 Infinitive absolute ‎נָסוֺג‎ Isa 59:13 Participle plural ‎נְסוֺגִים‎ Zeph 1:6; Jer 46:5 —

1. reflexive turn oneself away, turn back :
a. literally of Jonathan's bow 2Sam 1:22, with ‎מִן‎ (see HPS).
b. figurative = prove faithless (as Qal): (1) of human friends, ‎אָחוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎נס‎ Jer 38:22 (absolute); usually (2) ‎׳‎‎מֵאַחֲרֵי י‎ ‎׳‎‎נס‎ Zeph 1:6 compare Isa 59:13 so absolute Ps 78:57 (+ ‎בָּגַד‎), with ‎אָחוֺר‎ Isa 50:5 (|| ‎מָרִיתִי‎), Ps 44:19* (|| ‎נָטָה מִן‎). — ‎לֹא יִסַּג כְּלִמּוֺת‎ Mic 2:6 could mean reproaches do not depart, i.e. cease (Hi-St Che GASm Now RV); Now proposes also (emending following see) shall not disgrace depart from Jacob's house ? Buhl^{Lex 13} conjecture, plausibly, ‎יַשִּׂיג‎ (√ ‎נשׂג‎) disgrace shall not overtake us.

2. be truned or driven back, be repulsed, of ‎׳‎‎נ‎'s foes: + ‎אָחוֺד‎ Jer 46:5; Isa 42:17; Ps 35:4; Ps 40:15* = Ps 70:3*; Ps 5.

Hiph`il 1. usually of displacing, moving back a boundary mark (‎גְּבוּ‎), Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תַּסִּיג‎ Deut 19:14, jussive ‎תַּסֵג‎ Prov 22:10 3 masculine plural ‎יַשִּׂיגוּ‎ Job 24:2 (‎שׂ‎ for ‎ס‎); Participle ‎׳‎‎מַסִּיג ג‎ Deut 27:17, ‎׳‎‎מַסִּיגֵי ג‎ Hos 5:10.

2. remove carry away, valuables, to rescue them, jussive, 2 masculine singular ‎תַּסֵּג‎ Mic 6:14 si vera lectio (on synt.see Dr^{§§ 152, 1. 2; 155 Obs.}) Hoph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְהֻסַּג אָחוֺר מִשְׁפָּט‎ Isa 59:14 and justice is driven back (|| ‎צְדָקָה מֵרָחוֺק‎ ‎תַּעֲמֹד‎).

‎סוג‎ Ezek 22:18 see following.

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