To reserve
אָצַלStrong’s H0680atsal (a-tsal)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atsal is the Hebrew word usually translated “have you reserved”, “share” and “shared”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?”
Meaning
- To lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold(Qal) to reserve, set apart, withhold · (Niphal) to be withdrawn · (Hiphil) to withdraw
How it's translated
- have you reserved 1
- and i will share 1
- and he shared 1
- i withheld 1
- it was shortened 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- Genesis 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Ezekiel 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 11:17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
- Numbers 11:25And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
- Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
- Ezekiel 42:6For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Hebrew dictionary
אָצַל atsal · to reserve
1) to lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold 1a) (Qal) to reserve, set apart, withhold 1b) (Niphal) to be withdrawn 1c) (Hiphil) to withdraw
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “reserve” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RESERVE, verb transitive
rezerv'. [Latin reservo; re and servo, to keep.]
- To keep in store for future or other use; to withhold from present use for another purpose.
- To keep; to hold; to retain.“Will he reserve his anger for ever?” Jeremiah 3:5
- To lay up and keep for a future time. 2 Peter 2:9
All definitions and other forms of “reserve”
RESERVE, noun
rezerv'.
- That which is kept for other or future use; that which is retained from present use or disposal.
- Something in the mind withheld from disclosure.
- Exception; something withheld.
- Exception in favor.
- Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. reserve may proceed from modesty, bashfulness, prudence, prudery or sullenness.
- In law, reservation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.