Qal Perfect נָס Numbers 35:25 +; נַ֫סְתָּה 2 Kings 9:3; נַ֫סְתִּי 1 Samuel 4:16, etc.; Imperfect יָנוּס Exodus 21:13 +; וַיָּנָ֫ס Genesis 39:12 +; יְנוּס֑וּן Psalm 104:7, etc.; Imperative masculine plural נֻ֫סוּ Jeremiah 48:6 4t. Jeremiah, Zechariah; Infinitive absolute נוֺס 2 Samuel 18:3; construct לָנוּס (לָנֻס) Genesis 19:20 +; Participle נָס Amos 9:1 +; נָסִים Exodus 14:27 +; —

1 flee, absolute Genesis 39:12,15; Numbers 16:34 (all J); Joshua 10:16 (JE); Leviticus 26:17,36; (H); figurative of sea Psalm 114:3; Psalm 114:5; compare Psalm 104:7; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb מָנוֺס Jeremiah 46:5, followed by דֶּרֶךְ Joshua 8:15 (J), 2 Kings 9:27; followed by בְּדֶרֶךְ Deuteronomy 28:7,25; אֶלנַֿפְשָׁם ׳נ 2 Kings 7:7 flee for their life, בְּרַגְלָיו ׳נ, Judges 4:15 flee on foot; + 44 t. absolute (not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by אֶלֿ location Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:5,11 (D), Numbers 35:32; Joshua 20:4 (both P), Judges 4:17; 1 Kings 2:28,29; Isaiah 13:14; followed by לְ 1 Samuel 4:10 6t. + לִקְרָאתוֺ Exodus 14:27 (E; not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by עַד Judges 7:22 + Proverbs 28:17 (עַדבּֿוֺר, see בּוֺר); followed by עַלֿ Isaiah 10:3; followed by ָ  ה locative Genesis 14:10 4t. J E, Numbers 35:6 6t. P, Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:3,4 (D), + 6 t.; followed by שָׁם Isaiah 20:6; followed by accusative of location Joshua 8:20 (J), + 4 t.; followed by מִמֶּרְחָק Isaiah 17:13 = far away; followed by מִן from, Joshua 20:6 (P), 1 Samuel 4:16 3t.; מִתּוֺךְ Jeremiah 51:6; especially מִמְּנֵי from before Exodus 4:3; Exodus 14:25; Numbers 10:35; Joshua 10:11 (all J E), 1 Samuel 17:24; Jeremiah 48:44 (Qr הַנָּס, > Kt הניס), + 19 t.; followed by לִפְנֵי Joshua 7:4; Joshua 8:5 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:6 (all J), 1 Samuel 4:17; 2 Samuel 24:13, מִלִּפְנֵי 1 Chronicles 19:18.

2 escape Amos 9:1 ("" נמלט) so Jeremiah 46:6; hence

3 take flight, depart, disappear, only figurative; Deuteronomy 34:7 (JE) his freshness (לֵחֹה vigour) was not gone ("" לֹא כָֽהֲתָה עינו); of shadows (at evening), Songs 2:17; Songs 4:6; of sorrow etc. Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:11.

4 עַלסֿוּס ׳נ Isaiah 30:16 fly (to the attack) on horseback.

Po`lel Perfect Isaiah 59:19 נֹסֲסָה בּוֺ ׳רוּחַ י the breath of ׳י driveth at it, driveth it on (compare Hiph`il 2).

Hithpo`l. Infinitive construct לְהִתְנוֺסֵס מִמְּנֵי Psalm 60:6 in order to take flight before the bow (so Vrss Hup-Now Che Bae and others).

Hiph`il Perfect הֵנִיס Exodus 9:20; Imperfect יָנִיסוּ Deuteronomy 32:30 + Judges 7:21 Kt (Qr וַיָּנוּסוּ

Qal); Infinitive construct לְתָנִיס Judges 6:11; —

1 put to flight, followed by accusative Deuteronomy 32:30 ("" רדף).

2 drive hastily to a safe place Exodus 9:20, followed by accusative + אֶלֿ.

3 cause to disappear, hide Judges 6:11 (no object expressed) followed by מִמְּנֵי.