נְטַל nᵉṭal — to raise

pronounced net-al' · Strong's H5191 · 2 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Pe'al, Pe'il

Translated in the KJV as take up.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5190; to raise.

nᵉṭal in each stem

Pe'al 1×

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

Perfect (qatal) 1

נִטְלֵ֗ת Dan 4:31 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular

While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. (KJV)

Pe'il 1×

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

Perfect (qatal) 1

וּנְטִ֣ילַת Dan 7:4 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. (KJV)

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 ›

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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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