Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Randall:

According to a concordance, this word is listed under NCL נצל and is found
in the niphal, hiphil, hophal and hitpael binyanim. The consonantal text
allows for it to be read as a qal and is defective for a hiphil reading (a
hiphil example is found in the next verse).

Karl W. Randolph.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com> wrote:

> > The actual meaning of NCL is ‘to take away, often in order to
> > protect’ and Reuben succeeded in doing that.
>
> I didn't know that natsal was a verb or that it
> meant 'to take away ...'.
> Would hitsil mean 'to cause to take away ...'?
> And if hitsil only means 'to take away ...'
> then what would *natsal mean?
>
> We do agree that Reuben succeeded, in any case.
>
> As the LXX translated, it was a done deal,
> another wayyiqtol interpreted as perfective and
> past.
>
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