Lexical Summary zanach: to reject, spurn Original Word: זָנַחTransliteration: zanach Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-nakh') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to reject, spurn Meaning: reject, forsake, fail Strong's Concordance cast away off, remove far away off A primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e. Reject, forsake, fail -- cast away (off), remove far away (off). Brown-Driver-Briggs H2186. zanach I. זָנַח verb reject, spurn (perhaps compare Assyrian zinû, be angry, especially of gods Gu§ 105 ZimBP 23 ff.) — Qal Perfect ׳ז Hosea 8:3, 5; Lamentations 2:7; זָנַחְתָּ Psalm 44:10 2t.; suffix זְנַחְתָּ֑נִי 43:2; זְנַחְתָּנוּ 60:3; 60:12; 108:12; זְנַחְתִּים Zechariah 10:6; Imperfect יִזְנַח Psalm 77:8; Lamentations 3:31; תִּזְנַח Psalm 44:24 2t.; — reject, Israel rejects good Hosea 8:3; Samaria's calf rejects her 8:5 (others make ׳י subject; WeKl. Proph. reads אזנת I reject), elsewhere God rejects people Psalm 43:2; 60:3; 77:8; 88:15; Zechariah 10:6; לָנֶצַח Psalm 44:24; 74:1; לעולם Lamentations 3:31; ז בצבאתינו תצא ׳ולא Psalm 44:10; 60:12; 108:12; מִשָּׁלוֺם נַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:17; king Psalm 89:39; altar Lamentations 2:7. Hiph`il Perfect הִזְנִיחַ2 Chronicles 29:19; suffix הִזְנִיחָם11:14; 3 plural הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ Isaiah 19:6, see II. זנח; Imperfect יַזְנִיחֲךָ 1 Chronicles 28:9; — (late) reject (= earlier Qal), Jeroboam rejects the Levites לי ׳מכהן2 Chronicles 11:14; Ahaz the sacred vessels 29:19; ׳י rejects Solomon 1 Chronicles 28:9. II. [זָנַח] stink, emit stench (compare Arabic become rancid, of oil, etc., Lane); — only Hiph`il Perfect3masculine plural נְהָרוֺת הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ rivers stink Isaiah 19:6 (read הִזְנִיחוּ Ges§ 53, 6 Ol§ 255 b Sta§ 420 a Köi. 293; but Ew§ 123 b De Di derive from elative אַזְנָח or אֶזְנָח). |
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