נָשַׁל
na.shal
“to slip”
Definition
to pluck off, i.e. divest, eject or drop
a primitive root;
- to slip off, drop off, clear away, draw off 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to slip or drop off 1a2) to draw off 1a3) to clear away 1b) (Piel) to clear out completely, clear entirely
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
נָשַׁל appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
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