נָצָה S 5327 TWOT 1399, 1400, 1401 GK 5897, 5898 ] vb. Niph. Hiph. struggle ( ^NH

id. , Hithp. (Jastrow ⁹²⁸); Aramaic נְצָא , ܢܨܳܐ ( nṣo ) quarrel; Arabic نَصَا ( naṣā ) apprehendit, arripuit aliquem antiis suis, Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( naṣaya ) vellere, evellere , are perhaps denom. from نَاصِيَةٌ ( nāṣiyatun ) ( v. נוֹצָה ), so Thes ) ;— Niph. recipr. struggle with each other: Impf. 3 mpl. יִנָּצוּ Ex 21:22 ( E ), Lv 24:10 ( H ), 2 S 14:6 ; יַחְדָּו יִנּ׳ Dt 25:1 1; Pt. נִצִּים Ex 2:13 ( E ); all of physical struggle, wrestling, and the like. Hiph. engage in a struggle against: Pf. 3 pl. הִצּוּ Nu 26:9
( עַל ); Inf. cstr. sf. הַצֹּתָם v 9 ( עַל ); הַצֹּותֹו אֶת ψ 60:2 (title); only here of war , hence Klo ’s suggestion ( cf. Buhl ¹³) הַכֹּותֹו is plausible ( cf. 2 S 8: 3, 5 , 9 ).

• II . מַצָּה S 4682, 4683 TWOT 1234a, 1400a GK 5174, 5175 n.f. strife, contention ;— abs. מ׳ Is 58:4 Pr 13:1 0; 17:19 .— ^I. מַצָּה v. מצץ .

• [ מַצּוּת S 4695 TWOT 1400b GK 5194 ] n.f. id. ;—only sf. אַנְשֵׁ׳ מַצֻּתֶ˜ךָ Is 41:12 i.e. the men who strove with thee ( || מִלְחַמְתֶּ˜ךָ אַנְשֵׁ׳ ).

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נָצָה S 5327 TWOT 1399, 1400, 1401 GK 5897, 5898 ] vb. fall in ruins ;— Qal Impf. 3 fpl. עָרַיִךְ תִּצֶּינָה מֵאֵין יֹושֵׁב Je 4:7 thy cities shall fall in ruins (read prob. תִּנָּצֶינָה Niph. ). Niph. Pt. pl. גַּלִּים נִצִּים ruined heaps , i.e. ruin- heaps, 2 K 19:25 = Is 37:2 6.—On Je 2:15 ; 9:9 , 11 ; 46:19 v. יצת .

נִצָּה S 5328 TWOT 1405c GK 5900 v. נצץ ^.

נֹצָתָהּ Lv 1:16 v. נוֹצָה supr.

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נָצַח S 5329 TWOT 1402 GK 5904 ] vb. be pre-eminent, enduring ( ^{Ecclus [Pi.]} make brilliant 43:5, 13 [?] ( cf. Oxford ed. ^xxxiii); NH נָצַח conque , etc.; Ph. נצח , Aramaic נְצַח , ܢܨܰܚ ( nṣaḥ ) shine, be illustrious, pre-eminent, victorious; Arabic نَصَحَ ( naṣaḥa ) be pure, reliable; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( nadḥa ) be pure, innocent;