Hebrew · H5423 · unreviewed

נָתַק

To tear off

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נָתַק H5423

What does נָתַק mean in the Bible?

נָתַק is a Hebrew word meaning "to tear off". to tear off BDB: pull Usage: break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.

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Meaning

to tear off

Extended definition

to tear off BDB: pull Usage: break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 9×

Perfect Jer 6:29 · Jer 10:20 · Job 17:11 · Josh 4:18 · Isa 5:27 5×

Imperfect Eccl 4:12 · Job 18:14 · Judg 16:9 · Isa 33:20 4×

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 9×

Imperfect Ezek 17:9 · Ps 107:14 · Jer 30:8 · Nah 1:13 · Ezek 23:34 · Isa 58:6 6×

Perfect Jer 2:20 · Jer 5:5 2×

Cohortative Ps 2:3 1×

Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 1×

Perfect Judg 20:31 1×

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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