נָצָא
na.tsa
to flee
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Analysis of נָצָא (natsá) The Hebrew word נָצָא appears in the biblical text with the fundamental meaning "to flee." This verb describes the physical action of running away or escaping from a location or situation. Based on the lexical data, the word carries the basic semantic sense of rapid departure motivated by necessity or danger. The extremely limited occurrence—only a single instance in the entire biblical corpus—severely restricts what can be confidently stated about its range or nuanced usage. With only one attestation, we cannot determine whether the word had a specialized sense, whether it was restricted to particular literary contexts, or how its meaning might have varied from similar verbs denoting flight or escape. The solitary appearance makes it impossible to assess whether נָצָא was a common term that fell out of use or a relatively rare alternative to other flight-related vocabulary in Hebrew. From a linguistic perspective, this word's extreme rarity and minimal contextual evidence place significant limits on analysis. Any interpretation beyond the basic definition of "to flee" would require additional textual support that is not available in the lexicon data provided.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text