atsal · reserve, set aside

What it means

atsal (אָצַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “reserve, set aside”.

Set aside, reserve; withhold.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Put something aside for someone.
2. Draw off a part of something to give to others.
3. Refuse what is asked.
4. To become narrower.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• I will take ×1
• reserved ×1
• took ×1
• upper story was reduced ×1
• withhold ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×2
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 27:36

  He said, “Was he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times: my birthright he took, and look, now he has taken my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved for me a blessing?”

• Numbers 11:17

  And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them; and they shall carry the burden of the people with you, and you shall not carry it yourself alone.

• Numbers 11:25

  And YHWH came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy men, the elders; and when the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not continue.

• Ecclesiastes 2:10

  And whatever my eyes asked for I did not withhold from them; I did not keep back my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced from all my toil, and this was my portion from all my toil.

• Ezekiel 42:6

  For they were in three stories, and they did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper story was reduced more than the lower ones and the middle ones from the floor.