a primitive root (rather cognate (by contraction) to the base of H5394, H7997 and their congeners through the idea of extracting); to draw out or off, i.e. remove (the soul by death); take away.
Usages throughout the bible
Job 27:8
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away H7953 his soul?