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נָצָה

na.tsahH:V

to desolate

1) to strip off, make desolate, fall in ruins 1a) (Qal) to fall in ruins 1b) (Niphal) desolated, ruined heaps (participle)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. [נָצָה] verb Niph`al, Hiph`il struggle (Late Hebrew id., Hithpa`el (Jastr928); Aramaic נְצָא, quarrel; Arabic apprehendit, arripuit aliquem antiis suis, Ethiopic vellere, evellere, are perhaps denominative from , (see נוֺצָה), so Thes); —

Niph`al reciprocal struggle with each other: Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִנָּצוּ Exod 21:22 (E), Lev 24:10 (H), 2Sam 14:6 ׳יִנּ יַחְדָּו Deut 25:11 Participle נִצִּים Exod 2:13 (E); all of physical struggle, wrestling, and the like. Hiph`il engage in a struggle against: Perfect 3 plural הִצּוּ Num 26:9 (עַל); Infinitive construct suffix הַצֹּתָם vNum 26:9 (עַל); הַצּוֺתוֺ אֶת Ps 60:2 (title); only here of war, hence Klo's suggestion (compare Buhl13) הַכּוֺתוֺ is plausible (compare 2Sam 8:3; 2Sam 8:5; 2Sam 8:9).



III. [נָצָה] verb fall in ruins; —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine plural עָרַיִךְ תִּצֶּינָה מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב Jer 4:7 thy cities shall fall in ruins (read probably תִּנָּצֶינָה Niph`al). Niph`al Participle plural גַּלִּים נִצִּים ruined heaps, i.e. ruin-heaps, 2Kgs 19:25 = Isa 37:26. — On Jer 2:15; Jer 9:9; Jer 9:11; Jer 46:19 see יצת.


נִצָּה see נצץ. נצָתָהּ Lev Jer 1:16 see נוֺצָה above


3 occurrences

II Kings (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)