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נָתַשׁ

To tear away · to uproot

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נָתַשׁ H5428 to tear away
Pronunciation nātaš
Total destruction through violent uprooting; used of God decisively removing people or covenant relationships
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ἐκριζόω G1610 to uproot
Pronunciation ekrizóō
To remove completely and permanently, not merely superficially; implies total destruction of foundation.
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What does נָתַשׁ (natash) mean in the Bible?

נָתַשׁ · ἐκριζόω is a Hebrew word meaning "to tear up or remove from the ground".

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Meaning

to tear up or remove from the ground
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 6×
Imperfect Jer 12:14 · Jer 24:6 · Jer 42:10 3×
Infinitive absolute Jer 12:17 1×
Participle active Jer 45:4 1×
Perfect Ps 9:7 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 4×
Imperfect Amos 9:15 · Jer 18:14 · Dan 11:4 · Jer 31:40 4×
10 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: OSHB — CC BY 4.0
Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 10 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form
Imperfect 7 Infinitive absolute 1 Participle 1 Perfect 1
Stem
Qal 6 Niphal 4
Mood
Indicative/jussive 4 Indicative/cohortative 3 Indicative 1
OT Occurrences
Ps 9:7 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Jer 12:14 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/cohortative Jer 12:17 Qal · Infinitive absolute Jer 18:14 Niphal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Jer 24:6 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/cohortative Jer 31:40 Niphal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Jer 42:10 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/cohortative Jer 45:4 Qal · Participle Dan 11:4 Niphal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Amos 9:15 Niphal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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