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title: זָנַח — reject · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָנַח (2186), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: reject. BDB 1906: vb. reject, spurn Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָנַח

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«זָנַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reject** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 2186 · **BDB:** זָנַח

### Glosses

have (3); he (2); he.has.rejected (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reject [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2186/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. reject, spurn Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2186/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. reject, spurn (Arabic زَنَحَ repelled; Assyrian zinû, to be angry not connected)— Pf. ז׳ Ho 8:3, 5 La 2:7; זָנַחְתָּ ψ 44:10 + 2 times; sf. זְנַחְתָּ֑נִי ψ 43:2; וְנַחְתָּנוּ ψ 60:3, 12; 108:12; זְנַחְתִּים Zc 10:6; Impf. יִזְנַח ψ 77:8 La 3:31; תִּזְנַח ψ 44:24 + 2 times;—reject, Isr. rejects good Ho 8:3; Samaria’s calf rejects her Ho 8:5 (others make י׳ subj.; WeKl. Proph. reads אזנח I reject), elsewhere God rejects people ψ 43:2; 60:3; 77:8; 88:15 Zc 10:6; לָנֶצַח ψ 44:24; 74:1; לעולם La 3:31; ז׳ ולא תצא בצבאתינו ψ 44:10; 60:12; 108:12; נַפְשִׁי מִשָּׁלוֹם La 3:17; king ψ 89:39; altar La 2:7. Pf. הִזְנִיחַ 2 Ch 29:19; sf. הִזְנִיחָם 2 Ch 11:14; 3 pl. הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ Is 19:6, v. II. זנח; Impf. יַזְנִיחֲךָ 1 Ch 28:9;—(late) reject (= earlier Qal), Jeroboam rejects the Levites מכהן לי׳ 2 Ch 11:14; Ahaz the sacred vessels 2 Ch 29:19; י׳ rejects Solomon 1 Ch 28:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָנַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2186/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.8.3/)

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זָנַ֥ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ט֑וֹב אוֹיֵ֖ב יִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃

*Word for word:* it.has.rejected Israel good an.enemy he will.pursue.him

*JPS 1917:* Israel hath cast off that which is good; the enemy shall pursue him.

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[Lamentations 3:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.31/)

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כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעוֹלָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not he.will.reject forever of.perpetuity Lord \[the\]

*JPS 1917:* For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

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