What does נָתַק mean in the Bible?
נָתַק is a Hebrew word meaning "to tear off".
Hebrew · H5423
נָתַק
To tear off
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נָתַק H5423
What does נָתַק mean in the Bible?
נָתַק is a Hebrew word meaning "to tear off".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5423?
The BSB source-word alignment has 27 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and tear off (2), and were drawn away (2), . . . (1), and draw them away (1), and tear (1).
Where does נָתַק appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 22:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (7), Judges (5), Isaiah (3), Joshua (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and tear off 2× Isaiah 58:6, Jeremiah 30:8
and were drawn away 2× Joshua 8:16, Judges 20:31
. . . 1× Psalms 107:14
and draw them away 1× Judges 20:32
and tear 1× Ezekiel 23:34
and tear away 1× Nahum 1:13
and tore off 1× Jeremiah 2:20
and torn off 1× Jeremiah 5:5
are broken off 1× Job 17:11
are snapped 1× Jeremiah 10:20
be broken 1× Isaiah 33:20
be uprooted 1× Ezekiel 17:9
broken 1× Ecclesiastes 4:12
But he snapped 1× Judges 16:9
Drag away [the wicked] 1× Jeremiah 12:3
He is torn 1× Job 18:14
he snapped 1× Judges 16:12
I would pull you 1× Jeremiah 22:24
is broken 1× Isaiah 5:27
Let us break 1× Psalms 2:3
purged 1× Jeremiah 6:29
seared 1× Judges 16:9
torn 1× Leviticus 22:24
touched 1× Joshua 4:18
we have drawn them away 1× Joshua 8:6
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 22:24 וְנָת֣וּק to torn Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Joshua 4:18 נִתְּק֗וּ to touched Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Joshua 8:6 הַתִּיקֵ֤נוּ to we have drawn them away Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common plural Joshua 8:16 וַיִּנָּתְק֖וּ to and were drawn away Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Judges 16:9 וַיְנַתֵּק֙ to But he snapped Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Judges 16:9 יִנָּתֵ֤ק to seared Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Judges 16:12 וַֽיְנַתְּקֵ֛ם to he snapped Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Judges 20:31 הָנְתְּק֖וּ to and were drawn away Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural Judges 20:32 וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּ to and draw them away Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular Job 17:11 נִתְּק֑וּ to are broken off Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 22:24
Aligned rows 27
Books represented 10
Leviticus 1 Joshua 3 Judges 5 Job 2 Psalms 2 Ecclesiastes 1 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 7 Ezekiel 2 Nahum 1
Source forms
אֲנַתֵּ֑ק 1x ’ă·nat·têq Jeremiah 30:8
אֲנַתֵּֽק׃ 1x ’ă·nat·têq Nahum 1:13
אֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ׃ 1x ’et·tə·qen·kā Jeremiah 22:24
הָנְתְּק֖וּ 1x hā·nə·tə·qū Judges 20:31
הַתִּיקֵ֤נוּ 1x hat·tî·qê·nū Joshua 8:6
הַתִּקֵם֙ 1x hat·ti·qêm Jeremiah 12:3
וַיְנַתֵּק֙ 1x way·nat·têq Judges 16:9
וַיִּנָּתְק֖וּ 1x way·yin·nā·ṯə·qū Joshua 8:16
Parsing patterns
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural 4x Joshua 4:18, Job 17:11, Jeremiah 6:29, Jeremiah 10:20
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 3x Judges 16:9, Job 18:14, Ecclesiastes 4:12
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular 2x Jeremiah 30:8, Nahum 1:13
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 2x Psalms 107:14, Ezekiel 17:9
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Joshua 8:16
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Judges 16:9
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural 1x Judges 16:12
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular 1x Judges 20:32
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to tear off
Source Gloss
to tear off
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to tear off BDB: pull Usage: break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 19
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 9×
Perfect Jer 6:29 · Jer 10:20 · Job 17:11 · Josh 4:18 · Isa 5:27 5×
Imperfect Eccl 4:12 · Job 18:14 · Judg 16:9 · Isa 33:20 4×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 9×
Imperfect Ezek 17:9 · Ps 107:14 · Jer 30:8 · Nah 1:13 · Ezek 23:34 · Isa 58:6 6×
Perfect Jer 2:20 · Jer 5:5 2×
Cohortative Ps 2:3 1×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 1×
Perfect Judg 20:31 1×
Word Origins
נָתַק is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain