BDB5176
נָטַשׁ verb leave, forsake, permit ( ᵑ7 forsake; draw off skin of dead animal; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3296] = abstinens ab impuro according to †am (Frey)); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳
נ
1Sam 10:2, suffix 1
plural נְטָשָׁ֫נוּ
Judg 6:13 2
masculine singular נָטַשְׁתָּ
1Sam 17:28,
נָטַשְׁתָּה
Isa 2:6, suffix
נְטַשְׁתַּ֫נִי
Gen 31:28,
וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּ consecutive Exod 23:11, etc.; Imperfect
יִטּשׁ
1Sam 12:22;
Ps 94:14,
יִטּוֺשׁ
Hos 12:15,
suffix 1 plural יִטְּשֵׁנוּ
1Kgs 8:57 1
plural נִטּשׁ
Neh 10:32,
etc.; Imperative
נְטוֺשׁ
Prov 17:14
Passive participle feminine נְטוּשָׁה
Isa 21:15
masculine plural נְטֻשִׁים
1Sam 30:16 —
1.
leave, let alone
Exod 23:11
(
E
; = let field lie fallow, || שָׁמַט), compare וְנִטּשׁ אֶתהַֿשָּׁנָה
הַשְּׁכִיעִיתּ וּמַשָּׁא כָליָֿ֑ד
Neh 10:32
(i.e. leave field fallow and debts unclaimed); object quails, let them lie, (עַל
location) Num 11:31 (
J
E
), of Amalekites נְטֻשִׁים עַלפְּֿנֵי פָלהָֿאָרֶץ
1Sam 30:16
left to themselves over all the land; וְדָמָיו עָלָיו יִטּוֺשׁ
Hos 12:15
and his mortal guilt shall he leave upon him; leave in charge of, entrust
to (עַל person): sheep 1Sam 17:20; 1Sam 17:28 baggage 1Sam 17:22.
2. usually forsake, abandon, דִּבְרֵי הָאֲחֹנוֺת
׳
נ
1Sam 10:2 thy
father hath abandoned the matter of the asses (ceased to be concerned about them);
הָרִיב נְטוֺשׁ
Prov 17:14
abandon contention; often subject ׳
י with accusative of person Judg 6:13; Isa 2:6; 1Sam 12:22; 1Kgs 8:57 (|| עָזַב) 2Kgs 21:14; Jer 7:29; Jer 12:7 (||
עָזַב), Jer 23:33; Jer 23:39; Ps 27:9 (||
עָזַב),
Ps 94:14 (|| id.); of ׳
י leaving Phar. forsaken (on ground, compare
Niph`al
1)
Ezek 29:5 (+ ה locative), Ezek 32:4 (+ ב location); abandoning the
sanctuary at Shiloh Ps 78:60 of men forsaking God Deut 32:15 (poem), Jer 15:6
compare אַלחִֿטּשׁ תּוֺרַת אִמֶּ֑ךָ
Prov 1:8; Prov 6:20 of
men abandoning king (under figure of cedar) Ezek 31:12 (twice in verse).
3.
permit, only וְלֹא נְטַשְׁתַּנִי לְנַשֵּׁק
׳
לְבָנַי וגו
Gen 31:28
(
E
) and hast not permitted me to kiss my sons, etc. — For וַתִּטּשׁ
הַמִּלְחָמָה
1Sam 4:2 read
probably וַתֵּט (
ᵐ5
ἔκλινεν) Dr
Klo
Bu, or < (קשׁה) וַתִּקֶשׁ
grew fierce
HPS (Löhr proposes תִּנָּטֵשׁ compare Judg 15:9
etc.). For חֶרֶב נְטוּטָה
Isa 21:15
(|| קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה) read perhaps לְטוּשָׁה
׳
ח.
Niph`al
Perfect 3 feminine singular נִטְּשָׁה
Amos 5:2
3 plural נִטְּשׁוּ
Isa 16:8
;
Isa 33:23
Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיִּנָָּֽטְשׁוּ
Judg 15:9
+ 2 t.; —
1.
be forsaken, Amos 5:2
she (Israel) lieth forsaken (עַל
location).
2.
be loosened or loose (properly be let alone
, left to hang down) of ship's tackle Isa 33:23.
3.
be let go, spread abroad, of warriors, Judg 15:19; 2Sam 5:18; 2Sam
5:22 (all with ב location, for purpose of plunder); of tendrils of vine
Isa 16:8
(figurative of Moab).
Pu`al
Perfect only אַדְמוֺן נֻטָּ֑שׁ
Isa 32:14
palaces are abandoned, deserted (|| הֲמוֺן עִיר עֻזָּ֑ב
).