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title: אָצֵל — Azal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָצֵל (lemma:אָצֵל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Azal. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָצֵל

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«אָצֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Azal** — 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:אָצֵל · **BDB:** אָצֵל²

### Glosses

Azal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Azal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b5_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b5_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** in pause אָצַל Zc 14:5, according to 𝔊 𝔗 Thes Ew al., n.pr.loc. near Jerusalem; but no site found, \& identification with בֵּית־הָאֵצֶל uncertain; hence Symm 𝔙 Köh WR make subst., אֶל־אָצַ֒ל = very near, hard by (אָצֵל being the supposed abs. form of i. אֵצֶל; cf. Ol§ 167 b).

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָצֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e6_5b5_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.14.5/)

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וְנַסְתֶּ֣ם גֵּֽיא־הָרַ֗י כִּֽי־יַגִּ֣יעַ גֵּי־הָרִים֮ אֶל־אָצַל֒ וְנַסְתֶּ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר נַסְתֶּם֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָרַ֔עַשׁ בִּימֵ֖י עֻזִּיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבָא֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֔י כָּל־קְדֹשִׁ֖ים עִמָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.flee the.valley my.mountains my (dm) it.will.reach \[the\].valley of.mountains to Azal and you.will.flee just as you.fled from before the earthquake in the.days of.Uzziah the.king of.Judah and he.will.come Yahweh God my all holy.\[ones\] \[will be\].with.you

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the LORD my God shall come, and all the holy ones with Thee.

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