אָצַל
ʼâtsal · aw-tsal'
to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from H681 (אֵצֶל);
to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract
- to separate
- hence, to select, refuse, contract
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: keep, reserve, straiten, take.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to pursue the straight path › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader that works to pursue the straight path of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָצַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hast thou not reserved1 · 20%
- with thee there: and i will take1 · 20%
- unto him, and took1 · 20%
- i kept1 · 20%
- therefore the building was straitened1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.