Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼâtsal

aw-tsal'

אָצַל

What it means

to separate

to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract

Where it comes from

a primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from ʼêtsel (אֵצֶל)

How the King James translates it

  • reserved1
  • take1
  • took1
  • kept1
  • straitened1

Every place it appears 5

Genesis27:36
Numbers11:1711:25
Ecclesiastes2:10
Ezekiel42:6
ʼâtsal — Hebrew word meaning “to separate”