נָשַׁלnâshal
to pluck off, i.e. divest, eject or drop
Pronunciation: naw-shal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5394
Meanings
a falling off, cast off, let fall off
1. slip or drop off
2. draw off
3. clear away
Qal
1. slip or drop off (Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 28:40)
2. draw off (Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15)
3. clear away (Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 7:22)
Pi`el: he cleared, entirely (2 Kings 16:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 3:5 “Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.
- Deuteronomy 7:1 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you.
- Deuteronomy 7:22 The Lord your God will drive those nations out ahead of you little by little. You will not clear them away all at once, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for you.
- Deuteronomy 19:5 For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.
- Deuteronomy 28:40 You will grow olive trees throughout your land, but you will never use the olive oil, for the fruit will drop before it ripens.
- Joshua 5:15 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).