Hebrew · Strong's H5327
נָצָה
natsahnaw-tsaw'
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate
1890 spelling: nâtsâh
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
Rendered in the KJV as
be laid waste, runinous, strive (together).
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- נִצִּ֖ים2
- בְּהַצֹּתָ֖ם1
- הִצּ֜וּ1
- וַיִּנָּצוּ֙1
- וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ1
- יִנָּצ֣וּ1
- יִנָּצ֨וּ1
- נִצִּ֑ים1
- תִּצֶּ֖ינָה1
How it is rendered · 8
- and they struggled together2
- ruined2
- [were] struggling together1
- they struggled1
- they will be struggling together1
- they will fall in ruins1
- they will struggle together1
- when struggled they1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural3
- Hc/VNw3mp2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural2
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNrmpa · 3
- Hc/VNw3mp · 2
- HVNi3mp · 2
- HR/Vhcc/Sp3mp · 1
- HVhp3cp · 1
- HVqi3fp · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Exodus2 of 10 · 20%
- Numbers2 of 10 · 20%
- Leviticus1 of 10 · 10%
- Deuteronomy1 of 10 · 10%
- 2 Samuel1 of 10 · 10%
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 2:13נִצִּ֑יםnitzimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThe next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”here: [were] struggling together
- Exodus 21:22יִנָּצ֣וּyinatzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralIf men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.here: they will struggle together
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 26:9הִצּ֜וּhitzuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluraland the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.here: they struggled
- Numbers 26:9בְּהַצֹּתָ֖םbehatzotampreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraland the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.here: when struggled they
