נָתַשׁ nâthash — to tear away
Translated in the KJV as destroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out, × utterly. s.
a primitive root; to tear away.
nâthash in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive construct 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (active) 2Wayyiqtol 1Infinitive absolute 1
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Hoph'al
Wayyiqtol 1
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
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 ›
