Biblica Analytica
H5323 Hebrew

נָצָא

na.tsa

to flee

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to flee
Transliteration
na.tsa
Strong's Number
H5323
Occurrences
1
Semantic Domain
Movement & Travel

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
Strong's
H5323
Lemma
נָצָא
Transliteration
na.tsa
Definition
to flee
Occurrences
1
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text