UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Contributor note: (d) def. "snatch away": 7. Conclusion, p. 12. (a) def. "remove violently": 7. Conclusion, p.2. (c) def. "to strip": 7. Conclusion, p. 3.

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: הַצָּלָה

Sense 1: remove (violently), to pluck out, to snatch from

Semantic domains: Detach (002003001008)

Definition: = causative action by which humans remove an object from a situation where it could be damaged

Forms: vbhof-

Further resources: SAHD@http://www.sahd.div.ed.ac.uk/_media/lexeme:pdf:ilq-nsl_hoph-aitken-cam-1999.pdf

Show passage in OET: AMO 4:11

OET-RV AMO 4:11

11 I overthrew cities among you, just like when God overthrew Sedom and Amorah (Gomorrah).
⇔ You were like a burning stick snatched out of the fire.
⇔ Yet you all haven’t returned to me.
§ That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-LV AMO 4:11

11 I _overthrew among_you(pl) like_the _overthrow _of god DOM Şədom and_DOM ˊAmorāh/(Gomorrah) and_you(pl)_were like_a _piece _of _firewood plucked _out from_the_burning and_not you(pl)_returned to_me the _utterance _of YHWH.

Show passage in OET: ZEC 3:2

OET-RV ZEC 3:2

2 But Yahweh told Satan, “May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan—may Yahweh who’s chosen Yerushalem (Jerusalem), rebuke you. Isn’t he energetic like a burning stick taken out of the fire?”

OET-LV ZEC 3:2

2 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to the_accuser YHWH may _he _rebuke (in)_you Oh_accuser and_may _he _rebuke YHWH (in)_you who_has_chosen (in)_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) am_not is_this a _piece _of _firewood plucked _out from_a _fire.

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Sense 2: to stop, to separate

Semantic domains: Non-Engage (002003003011)

Definition: literally: to deliver between (two people); hence: = causative action by which humans intervene when other humans are fighting

Forms: vbhif-

Collocations: נצל בֵּין

Further resources: SAHD@http://www.sahd.div.ed.ac.uk/_media/lexeme:pdf:ilq-nsl_hiph-aitken_davies-cam-2016.pdf

Show passage in OET: SA2 14:6

OET-RV SA2 14:6

6 Your female servant had two sons, and the two of them fought each other out in the countryside. There wasn’t anyone there who could stop them, and then one son struck the other and killed him.

OET-LV SA2 14:6

6 And_belonged_to_maidservant _of_your two _of sons and_ both _of_them _they _struggled _together in _the_field and_there_was_not a _deliverer between_them and_he_struck _him the_one DOM the_one and_he _killed DOM_him/it.

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Sense 3: to plunder, to strip

Semantic domains: Possess (002003002020)

Definition: = causative action by which humans remove or carry away valuable goods from people that have been defeated in war

Forms: vbpiel

Further resources: SAHD@http://www.sahd.div.ed.ac.uk/_media/lexeme:pdf:ilq-nsl_piel-aitken-cam-1999.pdf

Show passage in OET: EXO 3:22

OET-RV EXO 3:22

22 For example, an Israeli woman will ask her Mitsri neighbour (or from someone staying where she lives) for gold and silver items and for clothing. Then you’ll put them on your sons and daughters, and in this way you’ll all plunder the Mitsrim (Egyptians).”

OET-LV EXO 3:22

22 And_ each_woman _she _will _ask from_her_female_of_neighbour and_from_the_woman _who_sojourns _of her _house _of_her articles _of silver and_articles _of gold and_clothes and_you(pl)_will _put_them on sons _of_your(pl) and_on daughters _of_your(pl) and_you(pl)_will _plunder DOM Miʦrayim/(Egypt).

Show passage in OET: EXO 12:36

OET-RV EXO 12:36

36 Yahweh gave the people favour in the eyes of the Mitsrim, so by their requests, they were able to strip the Mitsrim of their wealth.

OET-LV EXO 12:36

36 And_YHWH he _gave DOM the _favour _of the _people in/on_both _eyes _of Miʦrayim and_they_granted _them _the _request and_they _plundered DOM Miʦrayim.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 3:22 · OET EXO 12:36

CH2: OET CH2 20:25

Sense 4: to take away, to snatch away, to recover

Semantic domains: Possess (002003002020)

Definition: = causative action by which humans or deities remove (other) humans or objects from someone else's possession

Forms: vbhif-

Further resources: SAHD@http://www.sahd.div.ed.ac.uk/_media/lexeme:pdf:ilq-nsl_hiph-aitken_davies-cam-2016.pdf

Show passage in OET: GEN 31:9

OET-RV GEN 31:9

9 In that way, God took your father’s animals away from him and gave them to me.

OET-LV GEN 31:9

9 And_ god _he _has _taken _away DOM the _livestock _of your _father _of_your(pl) and_he _has _given_it to_me.

Show passage in OET: GEN 31:16

OET-RV GEN 31:16

16 so all the wealth that God took from our father belonged to us and to our children anyway. So yes, go ahead and do everything that God’s told you to do.”

OET-LV GEN 31:16

16 If/because all _of the_wealth which god he _has _taken _away from_father _of_our to/for_us it and_to_children _of_our and_now all that god he _has _said to_you do.

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All 6 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 31:9 · OET GEN 31:16

SA1: OET SA1 30:18 · OET SA1 30:22

PSA: OET PSA 119:43

HOS: OET HOS 2:9

Sense 5: to save oneself

Semantic domains: Safe (002003003018)

Definition: = action by which humans remove themselves from a dangerous or life-threatening situation

Forms: vbnif-

Further resources: SAHD@http://www.sahd.div.ed.ac.uk/_media/lexeme:pdf:ilq-nsl_niph-aitken-cam-1999.pdf

Show passage in OET: PRO 6:3

OET-RV PRO 6:3

3 In that case, my child, go and rescue yourself:
⇔ Since you’ve fallen into your neighbour’s control,
⇔ go and humbly appeal to your neighbour to release you from that pledge.

OET-LV PRO 6:3

3 Do this then my _son _of_my and_deliver _yourself if/because you _have _come in_the _palm _of your _neighbour _of_your go humble _yourself and_importune neighbours _of_your.

Show passage in OET: PRO 6:5

OET-RV PRO 6:5

5 Save yourself immediately like a deer when it’s snagged,
⇔ ≈ or a bird fleeing from a trapper.

OET-LV PRO 6:5

5 Deliver _yourself like_a _gazelle from_a _hand and_like_a _bird from_the_hand _of a _fowler.

Jump to OET PRO 6:3 section.

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Sense 6: to deliver, to rescue

Semantic domains: Safe (002003003018)

Definition: = causative action by which humans or deities remove (other) humans or objects from a dangerous or life-threatening situation

Forms: vbhif-; vbnif-; vbhaf-; vbpiel

Further resources: SAHD@http://www.sahd.div.ed.ac.uk/_media/lexeme:pdf:ilq-nsl_hiph-aitken_davies-cam-2016.pdf

Synonyms: גנן · דין · ישׁע · יֵשַׁע · מִקְלָט · פלט · תְּשׁוּעָה

Show passage in OET: GEN 32:12

OET-RV GEN 32:11

11 Please save me from my brother Esav, because I’m afraid that he’ll come and attack me and the mothers with the children.

OET-LV GEN 32:12

12  Deliver_me please from_the _hand _of my_brother/kindred from_the _hand _of ˊĒsāv if/because am_fearing I DOM_him/it lest he _should _come and_he_will _attack _me mother with children.

Show passage in OET: GEN 32:31

OET-RV GEN 32:30

30 So Ya’akov named the place ‘Penuel’ (also spelt ‘Peniel’, which means ‘God’s face’), because he said, “I saw God face to face, yet my life was preserved.”

OET-LV GEN 32:31