נָתַן nâthan — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Translated in the KJV as add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be, bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause.
a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
nâthan in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 487Imperfect (yiqtol) 360Wayyiqtol 353Sequential perfect (weqatal) 298Infinitive construct 161Participle (active) 110Imperative 80Jussive 31Cohortative 18Infinitive absolute 13Participle (passive) 12
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 42Imperfect (yiqtol) 21Sequential perfect (weqatal) 6Participle (active) 4Jussive 3Wayyiqtol 2Infinitive construct 2Infinitive absolute 2Participle (passive) 1
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
Hoph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Wayyiqtol 1Jussive 1
But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
Qal passive
Jussive 3
Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›