אָצַל

a.tsalto reserveHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb5 occurrences4 books5 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from H681; to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract
Traditional renderings: keep, reserve, straiten, take.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5 total
  1. Genesis 27:36אָצַ֥לְתָּ · you saved
    So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
  2. Numbers 11:17וְאָצַלְתִּ֗י · and I will take
    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
  3. Numbers 11:25וַיָּ֗אצֶל · and He took
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  4. Ecclesiastes 2:10אָצַ֖לְתִּי · deny myself
    Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
  5. Ezekiel 42:6נֶאֱצַ֗ל · [the upper chambers] were set back further
    For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.