נְצַל

Biblical Aramaic

rescue — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

rescue tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נְצַל: vb. rescue, deliver tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. rescue, deliver (v. BH Egyptian Aramaic הנצל take away, S-CC 10, D 18);—of God, abs.: Pt. act. מַצִּל Dn 6:28, Inf. לְהַצָּלָה 3:29; of man, sf. pers. לְהַצָּלוּתֵהּ 6:15.

Jastrow 1903

נְצַל: to save to be saved tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

, to save. Taan. 9ᵇ רחמנא לִיצְּלַן, v. כִּיסּוּפָא; a. e. same. Snh. 72ᵇ דלא מצי אַצּוּלֵיה when he cannot save him. Sabb. 115ᵃ השתא אַצּוּלֵי מַצִּילִינָן וכ׳ since we are bound to save them (on the Sabbath), is it necessary to say that they require burying (when defective)?; a. fr. to be saved. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ bot. ומִתַּצְּלַת and thou shalt be saved.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: rescue (2); [he is] rescuing (1).

In the verses

Daniel 6:28 · tree →

מְשֵׁיזִ֣ב וּמַצִּ֗ל וְעָבֵד֙ אָתִ֣ין וְתִמְהִ֔ין בִּשְׁמַיָּ֖א וּבְאַרְעָ֑א דִּ֚י שֵׁיזִ֣יב לְדָֽנִיֵּ֔אל מִן־יַ֖ד אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃

Word for word: [he.is].delivering and [he.is].rescuing and [he.is].doing signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth [one].who he.has.delivered (et) Daniel from the.hand of the.lions

JPS 1917: He delivereth and rescueth, and He worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth; who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.'

Daniel 6:15 · tree →

אֱדַ֨יִן מַלְכָּ֜א כְּדִ֧י מִלְּתָ֣א שְׁמַ֗ע שַׂגִּיא֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ עֲל֔וֹהִי וְעַ֧ל דָּנִיֵּ֛אל שָׂ֥ם בָּ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתֵ֑הּ וְעַד֙ מֶֽעָלֵ֣י שִׁמְשָׁ֔א הֲוָ֥א מִשְׁתַּדַּ֖ר לְהַצָּלוּתֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: then the king as that the word he.heard exceedingly it.was.displeasing to him and concerning Daniel he.set mind to deliver him and until the.goings.in of the.sun he.was striving to rescue him

JPS 1917: Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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