אָצִיל
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
side tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
אָצִיל: side, corner, chief tree →
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.
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)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the nobles (1).
In the verses
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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