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נָתַשׁ nâthash — to tear away

pronounced naw-thash' · Strong's H5428 · 21 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Niph'al, Hoph'al

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) 16×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (active) 2Wayyiqtol 1Infinitive absolute 1

וַיִּתְּשֵׁ֤ם Deut 29:27 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: (KJV)

וְנָתַ֣שׁ 1Kgs 14:15 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

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. (KJV)

וּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗ים 2Chr 7:20 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 1st person common singular

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. (KJV)

Niph'al

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 4

יִנָּתְשׁ֗וּ Jer 18:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

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? (KJV)

יִנָּתֵ֧שׁ Jer 31:40 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

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. (KJV)

תִנָּתֵשׁ֙ Dan 11:4 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

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. (KJV)

Hoph'al

Causative · passive — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject has it done to them

Wayyiqtol 1

וַתֻּתַּ֤שׁ Ezek 19:12 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

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. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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