na.shal describes removing or driving away, coming loose, and taking footwear off in the supplied biblical uses.

The supplied passages most often show removal or displacement: nations are put out before Israel, and people are expelled from a city. Other uses describe an axe head or olives coming loose, while two imperatives command the removal of footwear from a holy place.

1. Putting out or removing people and nations · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 7:1 and Deuteronomy 7:22, Qal sequential perfect forms occur in clauses where God acts before Israel against the nations; the APB renders this as "dispossess." In 2 Kings 16:6, the Piel sequential imperfect occurs in the report that Jews were removed from Eloth; the APB renders the clause "expelled the Jews from Eloth."

   Deuteronomy 7:1Deuteronomy 7:222 Kings 16:6
2. Coming loose from its attachment · occasional

   In Deuteronomy 19:5, a Qal sequential perfect form occurs when the iron of an axe separates during tree-cutting; the APB renders the event "the iron slips from the tree." In Deuteronomy 28:40, a Qal imperfect describes olives falling away, rendered by the APB as "your olives shall drop off."

   Deuteronomy 19:5Deuteronomy 28:40
3. Taking off footwear · occasional

   In Exodus 3:5, the Qal imperative addresses a man standing on holy ground, and the APB renders the command "Remove your sandals from your feet." Joshua 5:15 repeats the imperative in a command to Joshua concerning his sandal and the holy place where he stands.

   Exodus 3:5Joshua 5:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB presents the actions with "dispossess," "expelled," "slips," "drop off," and "Remove." These are renderings of whole clauses in a whole-verse translation for each occurrence.