to urge
na.chats describes being pressed or urged in the setting of the priest's offer of Goliath's sword.
The single attestation places the passive participle in the priest's statement about taking Goliath's sword, but the translation does not isolate its specific contribution clearly enough for a more precise nuance.
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Being pressed or urged · dominant
In 1 Samuel 21:9, the form נָחֽוּץ is a Qal passive participle in the priest's statement concerning Goliath's sword and the possibility of taking it. The APB renders the surrounding exchange, "If you wish to take it, take it," and does not clearly identify a separate English rendering for this form.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 21:9, the APB presents the surrounding offer as "If you wish to take it, take it," without a clearly isolable English equivalent for the Hebrew participle.