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# נָשַׁל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5394

**slip off** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

slip off [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5394/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָשַׁל: vb. slip drop off draw off. clear away [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5394/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. intrans. slip or drop off; also trans.: draw off. clear away (NH נָשַׁל prob. intrans., Qal not used, but n. נְשִׁילָה a falling off, etc.; Pi. Hiph. cast off, let fall off, Niph. be cast off, fall off; 𝔗 Aph. אַשֵּׁיל cast out (from house); Arabic نَسَلَ excidit pluma etc.; but also trans., avis mutavit rejecitque plumas (Frey);—نَشَلَ celeriter extraxit, etc., is denom. from loan-word according to Frä 88);— Pf. וְנָשַׁל consec. Dt 7:1 + 2 times; Impf. 3 ms. יִשַּׁל Dt 28:40; Imv. ms. שַׁל Ex 3:5 Jos 5:15;— slip or drop off, וְנָשַׁל הַבַּרְזֶל מִן־הָעֵץ Dt 19:5 and the iron slippeth off from the wood (i.e. axe-head from helve); יִשַּׁל זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Dt 28:40 thine olives shall drop off (abs.). draw off sandal from (מֵעַל) foot Ex 3:5 (E), Jos 5:15 (JE). clear away nations מִפָּנֶיךָ Dt 7:1, 22. Impf. 3 ms. וַיְנַשֵּׁל 2 K 16:6 he cleared the Jews entirely out of (מִן) Elath.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 5 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he will clear away (2); take off (2); he cleared out (1).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 28:40](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.40/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.40/#tree)

זֵיתִ֛ים יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ וְשֶׁ֙מֶן֙ לֹ֣א תָס֔וּךְ כִּ֥י יִשַּׁ֖ל זֵיתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* olive.trees they.will.belong to you in all territory your and oil not you.will.anoint.yourself (dm) it.will.drop.off olive\[s\] your

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.

[Exodus 3:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.5/#tree)

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אַל־תִּקְרַ֣ב הֲלֹ֑ם שַׁל־נְעָלֶ֙יךָ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְלֶ֔יךָ כִּ֣י הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתָּה֙ עוֹמֵ֣ד עָלָ֔יו אַדְמַת־קֹ֖דֶשׁ הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said do.not draw.near here take.off sandals your from on feet your (dm) the place which you \[are\].standing on it \[is\].ground of.holiness it

*JPS 1917:* And He said: 'Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5394.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5394/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).