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title: אָצִיל — side · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָצִיל (lemma:אָצִיל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: side. BDB 1906: side, corner, chief. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָצִיל

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«אָצִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **side** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:אָצִיל · **BDB:** אָצִיל

### Glosses

the.nobles (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

side [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b4_5d9_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

side, corner, chief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b4_5d9_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] side, corner, chief—pl. cstr. אֲצִילֵי Ex 24:11; sf. אֲצִילֶיהָ Is 41:9;— sides (borders) of earth Is 41:9 (‖ קצות); cf. ירכתי א׳ Je 6:22 etc. fig. nobles (perhaps as sides, supports, cf. sub פִּנּוֹת; so Ew Di: but perhaps = أَصِيلٌ noble—from أَصُلَ be rooted, أَصْلٌ root, met. origin, stock—proposes a man having a (known) origin, sprung from an ancient and famous stock; so Ges, cf. LagBN 68) Ex 24:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָצִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b4_5d9_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 24:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.11/)

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וְאֶל־אֲצִילֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א שָׁלַ֖ח יָד֑וֹ וַֽיֶּחֱזוּ֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and against the.nobles of.the.people of.Israel not he.stretched.out hand his and they.saw (et) (the) God and they.ate and they.drank

*JPS 1917:* And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

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