H5127

נוּס

nusH:V

to flee

1) to flee, escape 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to flee 1a2) to escape 1a3) to take flight, m depart, disappear 1a4) to fly (to the attack) on horseback 1b) (Polel) to drive at 1c) (Hithpolel) to take flight 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to put to flight 1d2) to drive hastily 1d3) to cause to disappear, hide Aramaic equivalent: nud (נוּד "to flee" H5111)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נוּס₁₆₀ verb flee, escape (Syriac tremble (rare), compare Brock; Arabic move to and fro, be in commotion, dangle, Lane²⁸⁶⁶); —

Qal Perfect נָס Num 35:25 +; נַ֫סְתָּה 2Kgs 9:3 נַ֫סְתִּי 1Sam 4:16, etc.; Imperfect יָנוּס Exod 21:13 +; וַיָּנָ֫ס Gen 39:12 +; יְנוּס֑וּן Ps 104:7, etc.; Imperative masculine plural נֻ֫סוּ Jer 48:6 + 4 t. Jeremiah, Zechariah; Infinitive absolute נוֺס 2Sam 18:3 construct לָנוּס (לָנֻס) Gen 19:20 +; Participle נָס Amos 9:1 +; נָסִים Exod 14:27 +; —

1. flee, absolute Gen 39:12; Gen 39:15; Num 16:34 (all J); Josh 10:16 (JE); Lev 26:17; Lev 26:36 (H); figurative of sea Ps 114:3; Ps 114:5 compare Ps 104:7 followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb מָנוֺס Jer 46:5, followed by דֶּרֶךְ Josh 8:15 (J), 2Kgs 9:27 followed by בְּדֶרֶךְ Deut 28:7; Deut 28:25 אֶלנַֿפְשָׁם ׳נ 2Kgs 7:7 flee for their life, בְּרַגְלָיו ׳נ, Judg 4:15 flee on foot; + 44 t. absolute (not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by אֶלֿ location Deut 4:42; Deut 19:5; Deut 19:11 (D), Num 35:32; Josh 20:4 (both P), Judg 4:17; 1Kgs 2:28; 1Kgs 2:29; Isa 13:14 followed by לְ 1Sam 4:10 + 6 t. + לִקְרָאתוֺ Exod 14:27 (E; not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by עַד Judg 7:22 + Prov 28:17 (עַדבּֿוֺר, see בּוֺר); followed by עַלֿ Isa 10:3 followed by ָ ה locative Gen 14:10 + 4 t. J E, Num 35:6 + 6 t. P, Deut 4:42; Deut 19:3; Deut 19:4 (D), + 6 t.; followed by שָׁם Isa 20:6 followed by accusative of location Josh 8:20 (J), + 4 t.; followed by מִמֶּרְחָק Isa 17:13 = far away; followed by מִן from, Josh 20:6 (P), 1Sam 4:16 + 3 t.; מִתּוֺךְ Jer 51:6 especially מִפְּנֵי from before Exod 4:3; Exod 14:25; Num 10:35; Josh 10:11 (all J E), 1Sam 17:24; Jer 48:44 (Qr הַנָּס, > Kt הניס), + 19 t.; followed by לִפְנֵי Josh 7:4; Josh 8:5 (twice in verse); Josh 8:6 (all J), 1Sam 4:17; 2Sam 24:13, מִלִּפְנֵי 1Chr 19:18.

2. escape Amos 9:1 (|| נמלט) so Jer 46:6 hence

3. take flight, depart, disappear, only figurative; Deut 34:7 (JE) his freshness (לֵחֹה vigour) was not gone (|| לֹא כָֽהֲתָה עינו); of shadows (at evening), Song 2:17; Song 4:6 of sorrow etc. Isa 35:10; Isa 51:11.

4. עַלסֿוּס ׳נ Isa 30:16 fly (to the attack) on horseback. Po`lel Perfect Isa 59:19 נֹסֲסָה בּוֺ ׳רוּחַ י the breath of ׳י driveth at it, driveth it on (compare Hiph`il 2). Hithpo`l. Infinitive construct לְהִתְנוֺסֵס מִפְּנֵי Ps 60:6 in order to take flight before the bow (so Vrss Hup-Now Che Bae and others). Hiph`il Perfect הֵנִיס Exod 9:20 Imperfect יָנִיסוּ Deut 32:30 + Judg 7:21 Kt (Qr וַיָּנוּסוּ Qal); Infinitive construct לְתָנִיס Judg 6:11 —

1. put to flight, followed by accusative Deut 32:30 (|| רדף).

2. drive hastily to a safe place Exod 9:20, followed by accusative + אֶלֿ.

3. cause to disappear, hide Judg 6:11 (no object expressed) followed by מִפְּנֵי.

127 occurrences

Genesis (6), Exodus (5), Leviticus (2), Numbers (8), Deuteronomy (9), Joshua (11), Judges (12), I Samuel (9), II Samuel (10), I Kings (5), II Kings (8), I Chronicles (6), II Chronicles (4), Psalms (3), Proverbs (2), Song of Solomon (2), Isaiah (10), Jeremiah (11), Amos (3), Zechariah (1)