BDB5458
נָתַץ verb pull down, break down (Late Hebrew Hoph`al, and derivatives; compare perhaps Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3493] (with transposition and weakening of sibilant), destruere, demoliri, excidere Di634); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳
נ
Judg 6:30 +, 3
plural נָָֽתְצוּ
2Kgs 25:10;
Jer 52:14,
etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִתֹּץ
Ezek 26:9 + Ezek 26:12 (
Co, for
ᵑ0
יִתְּצוּ); וַיִּתֹּץ
Judg 9:45; 2Kgs 23:7 suffix
יִתְּצֵנִי
Job 19:10,
יִתָּצְךָ
Ps 52:7 1 singular
אֶתֹּץ
Judg 8:9 3 masculine
plural וַיִּתְּצוּ
2Kgs 10:27
(twice in verse); 2 masculine plural תִּתֹּ֑צוּ
Deut 7:5,
תִּתֹּצ֑וּן
Exod 34:13;
Judg 2:2
וַתִּתְֿצוּ
Isa 22:2, etc.;
Imperative
נְתֹץ
Ps 58:7
Infinitive construct
לִנְתֿוֺץ
Jer 1:10; Jer 18:7,
לִנְתֹֿץ
Jer 31:28 (on
תֿ see Ges«GKC:45g»§ 45g); Passive
participle plural הַנְּתֻצִים
Jer 33:4 —
1. literally pull down a structure (accusative): altar Judg 2:2; Judg 6:30; Judg 6:31; Judg 6:32; Exod 34:13 (
J
), Deut 7:5
;
2Kgs 23:12
high place (במה) 2Kgs 23:8, בָּמָה + מִזְבֵּחַ 2Kgs 23:15
מַצֵּבָה
2Kgs 10:27
בֵּית הַבַּעַל 2Kgs 10:27; 2Kgs 11:18 = 2Chr 23:17, compare 2Kgs 23:7 a tower Judg 8:9; Judg 8:17, compare Ezek 26:9 (
בְּחַרְבוֺתָיו
); (any) house Isa 22:10; Ezek 26:12; Lev 14:45, so הַנְּחֻצִים
Jer 33:4
(strangely + אֶל, compare Gf
Gie); city-wall Jer 39:8; 2Kgs 25:10 = Jer 52:14 city Judg 9:45.
2.
figurative:
a.
pull down a nation, break its power, וּלְהַאֲבִיד
׳
וְלִנְתוֺשׁ וְלִנ (וְלַהֲרוֺס) (object not expressed) Jer 1:10 (so
), = Jer 18:7, compare Jer 31:18.
b. an individual, subject God,
יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב
Job 19:10
,
יִתָּצְךָ
Ps 52:7.
c. jaw-teeth of lions (metaphor) Ps 58:7 (break down, break off,
so only here,
but see
נָתַע
).
Niph`al
be pulled, broken, down: Perfect 3 plural ׳
נִתְּצוּ מִפְּנֵי י
Jer 4:26 (of
cities), so מִמֶּנּוּ
׳
נ
Nah 1:6 (of
rocks).
Pi`el
Perfect 3 masculine singular נִתַּץ
2Chr 33:3 3
plural וְנִתְּצוּ
Ezek 16:39
(consecutive); 2 masculine plural וְנִתַּצְתֶּם
Deut 12:3
Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיְנַתֵּץ
2Chr 34:7 3
masculine plural וַיְנַתְּצוּ
2Chr 31:1 + 2
t.;
— tear down (chiefly late): with accusative altars Deut 12:3, + בָּמוֺת
2Chr 31:1, +
הַחַמָּנִים, etc., 2Chr 34:4, + אֲשֵׁרִים 2Chr 34:7
בָּמוֺת alone 2Chr 33:3, רָמֹתַיִךְ
Ezek 16:39
city wall 2Chr
36:19.
Pu`al
be torn down: Perfect 3 masculine singular נֻתַּץ
Judg 6:28 (of
altar
+ אֲשֵׁרָה).
Hoph`al (or
Qal
passive
Ges«GKC:53u»§ 53u) be broken down, broken
, only Imperfect 3 masculine singular ייֻתָּ֑ץ
Lev 11:35
(of תַּנּוּר, see Dr-WhHpt, and
כִּירַיִם, see above).