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title: אָצַל — lay aside · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָצַל (680), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: lay aside. BDB 1906: vb. denom. lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָצַל

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«אָצַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lay aside** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 680 · **BDB:** אָצַל

### Glosses

I.will.set.apart (1); I.withheld (1); have.you.reserved (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lay aside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/680/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/680/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold— Pf. אָצַלְתָּ Gn 27:36; אָצַלְתִּי Ec 2:10; וְאָֽצַלְתִּ֫י cons. Nu 11:17;—reserve, לִי בְרָכָה Gn 27:36; (withdraw), set apart מִן־הָרוּחַ Nu 11:17; withhold מֵהֶם Ec 2:10. Pf. נֶאֱצַל Ez 42:6 be withdrawn, i.e. shortened or narrowed. Impf. וַיָּאצֶל Nu 11:25 (Köi 390) = Qal Nu 11:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָצַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/680/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 42:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.42.6/)

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כִּ֤י מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת֙ הֵ֔נָּה וְאֵ֤ין לָהֶן֙ עַמּוּדִ֔ים כְּעַמּוּדֵ֖י הַחֲצֵר֑וֹת עַל־כֵּ֣ן נֶאֱצַ֗ל מֵהַתַּחְתּוֹנ֛וֹת וּמֵהַתִּֽיכֹנ֖וֹת מֵהָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[were\].divided.into.three.parts they and there.\[belonged\].not to them columns like the.columns of the.courtyards therefore it.was.shortened more than the.lower.\[rooms\] and more than the.middle.\[rooms\] from the ground

*JPS 1917:* For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore room was taken away from the lowest and the middlemost, in comparison with the ground.

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[Genesis 27:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.36/)

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וַיֹּ֡אמֶר הֲכִי֩ קָרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙ זֶ֣ה פַעֲמַ֔יִם אֶת־בְּכֹרָתִ֣י לָקָ֔ח וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַתָּ֖ה לָקַ֣ח בִּרְכָתִ֑י וַיֹּאמַ֕ר הֲלֹא־אָצַ֥לְתָּ לִּ֖י בְּרָכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said ? (dm) did.someone.call name his Jacob and he has.betrayed.me this two.times (et) birthright my he.took and here! now he.has.taken blessing my and he.said ? not have.you.reserved for me a.blessing

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.' And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?'

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