נָצָה

Biblical Hebrew

fall in ruins — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

fall in ruins tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָצָה²: vb. fall in ruins Niph. tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ruined (2); they will fall in ruins (1).

In the verses

Jeremiah 4:7 · tree →

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.

Isaiah 37:26 · tree →

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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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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