גָּזַל (gāzal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning tear away. It appears
30 times
in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1497).
Also rendered
to plunder
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 337)
Range of meaning (TWOT 337)tear away, seize, rob; sleep; pluck off, flay, strip; catch, consume, exercise, pluck, spoil, take away, tear
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גָּזַלverb: tear away, seize, rob
Qaltear away, rob
Niphalsubject sleep
Strong's H1497גָּזַל: to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob KJV:catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.