Lexicon
אָצִיל
a.tsil
H0678
H:N-M Hebrew

chief

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Occurrences
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Hebrew
Language

a.tsil denotes leading persons, identified in the cited clauses as Israel's chiefs or as nobles.

The attested uses identify leading persons: Exodus 24:11 names the chiefs of the sons of Israel, while Isaiah 41:9 refers to nobles in a statement about being called from among them.

Senses in use

  1. Leading persons: chiefs or nobles · dominant

    Both occurrences use a masculine plural construct noun. In Exodus 24:11 the APB renders the clause “the chiefs of the sons of Israel,” whom God did not strike; in Isaiah 41:9 it renders “from its nobles I called you” within the declaration to the servant.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “chiefs” in Exodus 24:11 and “nobles” in Isaiah 41:9. These are verse-level renderings rather than fixed equivalents.

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