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נוּס‎₁₆₀ verb flee, escape (Syriac tremble (rare), compare Brock; Arabic move to and fro, be in commotion, dangle, Lane²⁸⁶⁶); —

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; 114:5; compare 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; ׳נ אֶלנַֿפְשָׁם‎ 2 Kings 7:7 flee for their life, ׳נ בְּרַגְלָיו‎, Judges 4:15 flee on foot; + 44 t. absolute (not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by אֶלֿ‎ location Deuteronomy 4:42; 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; 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; 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; 8:5 (twice in verse); 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 ("" עינו כָֽהֲתָה לֹא‎); of shadows (at evening), Song of Solomon 2:17; 4:6; of sorrow etc. Isaiah 35:10; 51:11.

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

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

Hithpo`l. Infinitive construct מִמְּנֵי לְהִתְנוֺסֵס‎ 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.