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title: נָאַץ — contemn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָאַץ (5006), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: contemn. BDB 1906: vb. contemn, spurn Hithpoʿel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָאַץ

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«נָאַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **contemn** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 5006 · **BDB:** נָאַץ

### Glosses

\[those (3); they.have.spurned (3); he.spurns (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

contemn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5006/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. contemn, spurn Hithpoʿel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5006/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. contemn, spurn (NH id., Pi.; 𝔗 נִיאוּצָא reviling);— Pf. נ׳ Pr 5:12; 3 pl. נָֽאֲצוּ Pr 1:30; נָאָ֑צוּ ψ 107:11; Impf. יִנְאַץ Pr 15:5; יִנְאָצ֑וּן Je 33:24, etc.;—contemn, subj. wicked and foolish, obj. תּוֹכַחַת Pr 1:30; 5:12; obj. מוּסָר Pr 15:5; עֵצָה ψ 107:11; Je 33:24 (obj. עַם י׳; cf. Gie); subj. י׳ Dt 32:19 Je 14:21 La 2:6. Pf. נִאֵץ ψ 10:3, 13; נִאַ֫צְתָּ 2 S 12:14, etc.; Impf. יְנָאֵץ ψ 74:10, sf. יְנַאֲצֻנִי Nu 14:11; Inf. abs. נִאֵץ (Sta§ 221) 2 S 12:14; Pt. sf. מְנָֽאֲצַי Nu 14:23; מְנַאֲצַי Je 23:17; מְנַאֲצָ֑יִךְ Is 60:14;—contemn, spurn, subj.men, obj. י׳, etc.: Nu 14:11, 23; 16:30 (all J), Dt 31:20 Is 1:4 ψ 10:3, 13 Je 23:17; obj. שֵׁם י׳ ψ 74:10, 18; אִמְרַת י׳ Is 5:24; מִנְחַת י׳ 1 S 2:17; once obj. Jerus. Is 60:14; cause to contemn (blaspheme AV RV) 2 S 12:14(×2) (but אֹיְבֵי prob. interp.; v Comm). Impf. יָנֵ֯אץ v. נצץ. Hithpoʿel Pt. כל־היום שְׁמִי מִנֹּאָץ Is 52:5 every day is my name contemned.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָאַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5006/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.11/)

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כִּֽי־הִמְר֥וּ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֑ל וַעֲצַ֖ת עֶלְי֣וֹן נָאָֽצוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.had.rebelled.against the.words of.God and the.counsel of.the.Most.High they.had.spurned

*JPS 1917:* Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.

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[Proverbs 1:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.30/)

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לֹא־אָב֥וּ לַעֲצָתִ֑י נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ כָּל־תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* not they.yielded to advice my they.spurned all rebuke my

*JPS 1917:* They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.

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