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title: נָצָה — fall in ruins · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָצָה (lemma:נָצָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: fall in ruins. BDB 1906: vb. fall in ruins Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָצָה

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«נָצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fall in ruins** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:נָצָה · **BDB:** נָצָה²

### Glosses

ruined (2); they.will.fall.in.ruins (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fall in ruins [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e6_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. fall in ruins Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e6_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. fall in ruins;— Impf. 3 fpl. עָרַיִךְ תִּצֶּינָה מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב Je 4:7 thy cities shall fall in ruins (read prob. תִּנָּצֶינָה Niph.). Pt. pl. גַּלִּים נִצִּים ruined heaps, i.e. ruin-heaps, 2 K 19:25 = Is 37:26.—On Je 2:15; 9:9, 11; 46:19 v. יצת.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e6_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.7/)

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עָלָ֤ה אַרְיֵה֙ מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹ וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית גּוֹיִ֔ם נָסַ֖ע יָצָ֣א מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ לָשׂ֤וּם אַרְצֵךְ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרַ֥יִךְ תִּצֶּ֖ינָה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* it.has.gone.up a.lion from thicket its and a.destroyer of.nations he.has.set.out he.has.gone.out from place his to make land your into a.waste cities your they.will.fall.in.ruins from not an.inhabitant

*JPS 1917:* A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations is set out, gone forth from his place; to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

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[Isaiah 37:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.26/)

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הֲלֽוֹא־שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ אוֹתָ֣הּ עָשִׂ֔יתִי מִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵאתִ֔יהָ וּתְהִ֗י לְהַשְׁא֛וֹת גַּלִּ֥ים נִצִּ֖ים עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* ? not have.you.heard (to).from distant \[time\] it I.appointed from days of.antiquity and I planned.it now I have.brought.it and you.are \[about\].to make.desolate heaps ruined cities fortified

*JPS 1917:* Hast thou not heard? Long ago I made it, in ancient times I fashioned it; now have I brought it to pass, yea, it is done; that fortified cities should be laid waste into ruinous heaps.

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