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gāzal גָּזַל ‘to plunder’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

gāzal v
1) to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to tear away, rob
  1a2) to seize, plunder (with acc cognate)
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be robbed
  1b2) to be taken away

Mentioned in Genesis 21:25, 31:31 Codex Leviticus 5:23, 19:13 Deuteronomy 28:31, 28:29 Judges 9:25, 21:23 2 Samuel 23:21 Isaiah 10:2 Jeremiah 21:12, 22:3 Ezekiel 18:18, 18:12, 22:29, 18:7, 18:16 Micah 3:2, 2:2 Malachi 1:13 Psalms 35:10, 69:5 Proverbs 28:24, 22:22, 4:16 Job 20:19, 24:2, 24:9, 24:19 1 Chronicles 11:23

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