Lexical Definition

‎נָסַח‎ nâçach (naw-sakh') to pull ^H:V
a primitive root

destroy, pluck, root.

• to tear away

1) to pull or tear away
1a) (Qal) to tear away, tear down
1b) (Niphal) to be torn away

See Greek: ἐξαίρω · ἐξωθέω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.sach (‎נ‎ְ‎ס‎ַ‎ח‎ "to pull away" נְסַח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: נְסַח
[‎נָסַח‎] verb pull or tear away (Late Hebrew ‎נָסַח‎, ᵑ7 ‎נְסַח‎ both remove; Assyrian nasâ—u = Biblical Hebrew, so Old Aramaic ‎נסח‎ Cook⁸² Lzb³²³; Arabic annul, supersede, change by substitution, copy; compare Assyrian nis—u, nus—u, extract, excerpt Dl^{HWB 472} Meissn^{ZA iv (1889), 267}; Late Hebrew ‎נָסְחָה‎, Nabataean ‎נסחת‎ id., also Aramaic ‎נוסחא‎ (whence Arabic ) Hoffm^{ZMG xxxii. 760} compare Frä²⁵¹; Syriac copy); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎בְּית גֵּאִים יִסַּח י‎ Prov 15:25 the house of proud men will ‎׳‎‎י‎ tear down; ‎וְיִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל‎ Ps 52:7* yea, he [‎׳‎‎י‎] shall tear thee away, without a tent; 3 masculine plural ‎יִסְּחוּ מִן‎ Prov 2:22 transgressors shall (men) tear away from the land (read perhaps ‎יִנָָּֽסְחוּ‎ shall be torn away; || ‎יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ‎; compare Ges^{«GKC:144»§ 144}, 3b. R Da^{Synt. § 108. b}). Niph`al Perfect 2 masculine plural consecutive ‎וְנִסַּחְתֶּם מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה‎ Deut 28:63 and ye shall be torn away from off the land.

‎מַסָּח‎ 2Kgs 11:6, see above

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