Strong's Lexicon

H5408

H5408 — נָתַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewnathachverb-stemOccurrences: 9TWOT: 1441

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5408
Word:נָתַח
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:9
Transliteration:nathach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:naw-thakh'
Meaning:1. to dismember
KJV Renderings:cut (in pieces), divide, hew in pieces.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5437

[נָתַח verb only Pi`el cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints (Dr18 11, 7 ; Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; rare); —

Pi`el Perfect נִתַּח Lev 8:20, וְנִתַּח consecutive Lev 1:6; Lev 1:12 Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיְנַתַּח 1Kgs 18:33 , suffix וַיְנַתְּחֵ֫הוּ 1Sam 11:7, וַיְנַתְּחֶ֫הָ Judg 19:29, etc.; — cut up, in pieces, with accusative of animals 1Sam 11:7, of woman Judg 20:6 (all these to be sent about as token for assembling warriors; on significance of the practice compare RSSem i. 383; 2nd ed. 402); elsewhere usually + לִנְתָחִים, cut up into pieces, of woman Judg 19:29 of sacrificial animals 1Kgs 18:23 ; 1Kgs 18:33 (accusative only), Exod 29:17; Lev 1:6; Lev 1:12; Lev 8:20 (all P ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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