לְ/הַצִּ֥יל
𐤋/𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤋
lehatsil
to-deliver
a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
2 Chronicles 32:13 · Word #15
Lexicon H5337
| Lemma | נָצַל |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤑𐤋 |
| Transliteration | nâtsal |
| Strong's | H5337 |
| In-context | to-deliver |
Morphology HR/Vhc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | h — Hiphil — Causative active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
SIBI-P1 H5337-25
to cause to be snatched away (in rescue)
| Root | נצל (n-ṣ-l) |
| Core Meanings | snatching away, pulling out, rescuing, delivering, stripping away |
| Semantic Range | to rescue from danger, to deliver from enemies, to cause to escape, to strip or plunder, to take away from possession |
| Conceptual Significance | This verb often describes YHWH’s decisive intervention to pull His people out of peril, highlighting divine agency in salvation. The imagery of "snatching away" underscores both urgency and power in acts of deliverance. |
| Morphological Notes | Hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed לְ; causative active stem from the root נצל. No gender, number, or person is marked in this form. |
| Rendering Rationale | The root נצל conveys the idea of snatching or pulling someone away from danger. In the Hiphil stem it is causative, meaning "to cause to be snatched away," hence "to rescue" or "to deliver." The infinitive construct with לְ is reflected by the English "to," preserving the verbal form. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root נצל (snatching away, pulling out, rescuing, delivering, stripping away)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H5337-01 |
atsil | I will cause to be snatched away |
H5337-02 |
atsilekha | I will snatch you away (masculine singular) |
H5337-03 |
hahatsel | Deliver! |
Word Usage (213 occurrences of H5337)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 31:9 | וַ/יַּצֵּ֧ל | vayatsel | has taken away |
| Genesis 31:16 | הִצִּ֤יל | hitsil | God has taken away |
| Genesis 32:12 | הַצִּילֵ֥/נִי | hatsileni | deliver me |