ʼâtsal — H680

Definition

verb

to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract

1. to lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold
1. (Qal) to reserve, set apart, withhold
2. (Niphal) to be withdrawn
3. (Hiphil) to withdraw

Usually translated as

take, keep, reserve, straiten

Origin

a primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from H681

• Derived from ʼêtsel (H681)

Greek equivalents

• aphairéō (G851)
• oknéō (G3635)
• hypoleípō (G5275)

Occurrences

ʼâtsal occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (2), Ecclesiastes (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 27:36 — And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved (אָצַ֥לְתָּ) a blessing for me?
• Numbers 11:17 — And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take (וְאָצַלְתִּ֗י) of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
• Numbers 11:25 — And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took (וַיָּ֗אצֶל) of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
• Ecclesiastes 2:10 — And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept (אָצַ֖לְתִּי) not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
• Ezekiel 42:6 — For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened (נֶאֱצַ֗ל) more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.