נָסַח nâçach — to tear away

pronounced naw-sakh' · Strong's H5255 · 4 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Niph'al

Translated in the KJV as destroy, pluck, root.

a primitive root; to tear away.

nâçach in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 3×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3

וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣ Ps 52:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. (KJV)

יִסְּח֥וּ Prov 2:22 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. (KJV)

יִסַּ֥ח Prov 15:25 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. (KJV)

Niph'al 1×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1

וְנִסַּחְתֶּם֙ Deut 28:63 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 2nd person masculine plural

And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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