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נְצַל nᵉtsal — to extricate

pronounced nets-al' · Strong's H5338 · 3 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Haph'el, Aph'el

Translated in the KJV as deliver, rescue.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5337; to extricate.

nᵉtsal in each stem

Haph'el

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 2

לְהַצָּלָ֖ה Dan 3:29 Infinitive construct

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. (KJV)

לְהַצָּלוּתֵֽהּ Dan 6:15 Infinitive construct

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. (KJV)

Aph'el

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

וּמַצִּ֗ל Dan 6:28 Participle (active), masculine singular

So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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