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title: נָשַׁל — slip off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשַׁל (5394), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: slip off. BDB 1906: vb. slip drop off draw off. clear away. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָשַׁל

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«נָשַׁל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slip off** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 5394 · **BDB:** נָשַׁל

### Glosses

he.will.clear.away (2); take.off (2); he.cleared.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slip off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5394/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. slip drop off draw off. clear away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5394/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. intrans. slip or drop off; also trans.: draw off. clear away (NH נָשַׁל prob. intrans., Qal not used, but n. נְשִׁילָה a falling off, etc.; Pi. Hiph. cast off, let fall off, Niph. be cast off, fall off; 𝔗 Aph. אַשֵּׁיל cast out (from house); Arabic نَسَلَ excidit pluma etc.; but also trans., avis mutavit rejecitque plumas (Frey);—نَشَلَ celeriter extraxit, etc., is denom. from loan-word according to Frä 88);— Pf. וְנָשַׁל consec. Dt 7:1 + 2 times; Impf. 3 ms. יִשַּׁל Dt 28:40; Imv. ms. שַׁל Ex 3:5 Jos 5:15;— slip or drop off, וְנָשַׁל הַבַּרְזֶל מִן־הָעֵץ Dt 19:5 and the iron slippeth off from the wood (i.e. axe-head from helve); יִשַּׁל זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Dt 28:40 thine olives shall drop off (abs.). draw off sandal from (מֵעַל) foot Ex 3:5 (E), Jos 5:15 (JE). clear away nations מִפָּנֶיךָ Dt 7:1, 22. Impf. 3 ms. וַיְנַשֵּׁל 2 K 16:6 he cleared the Jews entirely out of (מִן) Elath.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 5 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָשַׁל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5394/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.40/)

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זֵיתִ֛ים יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ וְשֶׁ֙מֶן֙ לֹ֣א תָס֔וּךְ כִּ֥י יִשַּׁ֖ל זֵיתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* olive.trees they.will.belong to you in all territory your and oil not you.will.anoint.yourself (dm) it.will.drop.off olive\[s\] your

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.

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[Exodus 3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.5/)

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וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אַל־תִּקְרַ֣ב הֲלֹ֑ם שַׁל־נְעָלֶ֙יךָ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְלֶ֔יךָ כִּ֣י הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתָּה֙ עוֹמֵ֣ד עָלָ֔יו אַדְמַת־קֹ֖דֶשׁ הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said do.not draw.near here take.off sandals your from on feet your (dm) the place which you \[are\].standing on it \[is\].ground of.holiness it

*JPS 1917:* And He said: 'Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.'

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