H0680 H0680
To set aside, reserve, withdraw, or withhold — used of reserving blessings, setting apart spirit, and withholding pleasure.
A verb with a range spanning from 'reserve' to 'withdraw' to 'withhold,' appearing in diverse narrative contexts. In Genesis 27:36 Esau pleads with Isaac asking whether he has not reserved a blessing for him. Numbers 11:17 and 11:25 describe God taking some of the spirit resting on Moses and setting it apart for the seventy elders. In Ecclesiastes 2:10 the Preacher says he withheld nothing from his eyes. Ezekiel 42:6 uses the Niphal for architectural narrowing. Spanish 'guardaste' ('you kept') and German 'aufbewahrt' ('preserved') both highlight the core idea of setting something aside.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To set aside, reserve, withdraw, or withhold something from a larger portion. The semantic thread is separation of a part from a whole: Isaac reserving a blessing (Gen 27:36), God withdrawing some of Moses's spirit to redistribute it to the elders (Num 11:17, 25), and Qoheleth refusing to withhold any pleasure from himself (Eccl 2:10). The Niphal in Ezekiel 42:6 extends the idea architecturally — the upper chambers were 'narrowed,' i.e., withdrawn inward. Spanish 'guardaste' and German 'aufbewahrt' both capture the 'reserve/keep back' nuance, while English 'withheld' and 'took' reflect the broader range from retention to redistribution. 5×
AR["أَمْنَعْهُ", "احتَجَزتَ", "انْقَطَعَتْ", "وَ-أَقْتَطِعُ", "وَ-اِقْتَطَعَ"]·ben["এবং-অংশ-নিলেন", "এবং-অংশ-নেব", "কেটে-নেওয়া-হয়েছিল", "বিরত-রাখলাম", "রেখেছ"]·DE["[אצלתי]", "[נאצל]", "du-aufbewahrt", "und-ich-wird-nehmen", "und-nahm"]·EN["I-withheld", "and-I-will-take", "and-took", "narrowed", "you-reserved"]·FR["côté", "et-je-fera-prendre", "et-prit", "réserver", "tu-reserved"]·heb["אצלת", "אצלתי", "ו-אצלתי", "ו-יאצל", "נאצל"]·HI["और-ली", "और-लूंगा", "घटाई-गई-थीं", "मैंने-रोका", "रखा"]·ID["aku-tahan", "dan-Aku-akan-mengambil", "dan-Ia-mengambil", "dikurangi", "engkau-menyimpan"]·IT["Io-withheld", "[נאצל]", "e-io-fara-prendere", "e-prese", "tu-reserved"]·jav["dipun-kirangi", "kula-tampik", "lan-Aku-mendhet", "lan-piyambakipun-mendhet", "panjenengan-simpen"]·KO["그리고-떼-것이다-내가", "그리고-떼다", "남겨두었느냐", "눌려졌다", "물리쳤다"]·PT["e-separarei", "e-separou", "reservaste", "retive", "tomado"]·RU["и-отделил", "и-отделю", "оставил-ты", "отнял-я", "уменьшалось"]·ES["guardaste", "les-negué", "se-estrechaba", "y-tomaré", "y-tomó"]·SW["kuniwekea", "na-akachukua", "na-nitachukua", "sikukataa", "vilipunguzwa"]·TR["ayırdın", "esirgedim", "kesildi", "ve-alıkoyacağım", "ve-alıkoydu"]·urd["اور-لیا", "اور-میں-لوں-گا", "روکا", "رکھی-تو-نے", "کم-کی-گئی-تھی"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [אָצַל] vb. denom. lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold— Qal Pf. אָצַלְתָּ Gn 27:36; אָצַלְתִּי Ec 2:10; וְאָֽצַלְתִּ֫י cons. Nu 11:17;—reserve, לִי בְרָכָה Gn 27:36; (withdraw), set apart מִן־הָרוּחַ Nu 11:17; withhold מֵהֶם Ec 2:10. Niph. Pf. נֶאֱצַל Ez 42:6 be withdrawn, i.e. shortened or narrowed. Hiph. Impf. וַיָּאצֶל Nu 11:25 (Köi 390) = Qal Nu 11:17.