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Hebrew verb · H5423

נָתַק

nathaqnaw-thak'

to tear

27 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: nâthaq

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5423is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 27
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5423

to tear off

The King James renders it: break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

nathaq is rendered "to tear". It stands 27 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 22:24You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.

The first use

You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.

Leviticus 22:24וְנָת֣וּק

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seven of the word's twenty-seven uses are in Jeremiah.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • I will tear apart2
  • and he tore apart1
  • and he tore apart them1
  • and is torn1
  • and they were drawn out1
  • and we will draw away him1
  • drag away them1
  • have drawn out we1
  • he is torn away1
  • he tore apart1
  • I tore off1
  • I will pull off you1

and 14 more, 27 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

נָתַןnathanto give: giveUses2,011
נָתַץnathatsto tearUses42
נָתַךְnathakto pourUses21
נָתַשׁnathashto uprootUses21
נָתַחnathachto cutUses8
נָתַרnatharto startUses8
נָתַעnathato breakUses1

All 27, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

27 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אֲנַתֵּ֑ק1
  • אֲנַתֵּֽק׃1
  • אֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ׃1
  • הָנְתְּק֖וּ1
  • הַתִּיקֵ֤נוּ1
  • הַתִּקֵם֙1
  • וַיְנַתֵּק֙1
  • וַיִּנָּתְק֖וּ1
  • וַֽיְנַתְּקֵ֛ם1
  • וְנָת֣וּק1
  • וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּ1
  • יְנַתֵּ֜ק1

and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVNp3cp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVNi3ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVpi1cs
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVpi3ms
  • Hc/VNw3mp1Hc/VNw3mp
  • Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
  • Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp
  • Hc/Vqq1cp/Sp3ms1Hc/Vqq1cp/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqsmsa
  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HVhcc/Sp1bp
  • verb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVHp3cp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVhv2ms/Sp3mp

Leviticus

one use
  • You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.

    Leviticus 22:24

    • וְנָת֣וּקvenatukconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and is torn

Joshua

three uses
  • When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.

    Joshua 4:18

    • נִתְּק֗וּnitekuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were drawn out
  • They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,

    Joshua 8:6

    • הַתִּיקֵ֤נוּhatikenuverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: have drawn out we
  • Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

    Joshua 8:16

    • וַיִּנָּתְק֖וּvaiyinatekuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were drawn out

Judges

five uses
  • While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

    Judges 16:9

    • וַיְנַתֵּק֙vaynatekHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he tore apart
    • יִנָּתֵ֤קyinatekverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is torn apart
  • So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

    Judges 16:12

    • וַֽיְנַתְּקֵ֛םvaynatekemHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he tore apart them
  • The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

    Judges 20:31

    • הָנְתְּק֖וּhanetekuverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were drawn away
  • “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”

    Judges 20:32

    • וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּunetakenuhuHc/Vqq1cp/Sp3mstagged: and we will draw away him

Job

two uses
  • My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.

    Job 17:11

    • נִתְּק֑וּnitekuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been torn apart
  • He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

    Job 18:14

    • יִנָּתֵ֣קyinatekverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is torn away

Psalms

two uses
  • “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

    Psalms 2:3

    • נְֽ֭נַתְּקָהnenatekahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us tear off
  • He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

    Psalms 107:14

    • יְנַתֵּֽק׃yenatekverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he tore apart

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

    Ecclesiastes 4:12

    • יִנָּתֵֽק׃yinatekverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be torn apart

Isaiah

three uses
  • None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

    Isaiah 5:27

    • נִתַּ֖קnitakverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been torn apart
  • Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

    Isaiah 33:20

    • יִנָּתֵֽקוּ׃yinatekuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be torn apart
  • Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

    Isaiah 58:6

    • תְּנַתֵּֽקוּ׃tenatekuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will tear apart

Jeremiah

seven uses
  • “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

    Jeremiah 2:20

    • נִתַּ֙קְתִּי֙nitaktiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: I tore off
  • I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

    Jeremiah 5:5

    • נִתְּק֖וּnitekuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had torn off
  • The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

    Jeremiah 6:29

    • נִתָּֽקוּ׃nitakuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been separated
  • My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.

    Jeremiah 10:20

    • נִתָּ֑קוּnitakuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been snapped
  • But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

    Jeremiah 12:3

    • הַתִּקֵם֙hatikemverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: drag away them
  • “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

    Jeremiah 22:24

    • אֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ׃ʾetekenkaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will pull off you
  • On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

    Jeremiah 30:8

    • אֲנַתֵּ֑קʾanatekverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will tear apart

Ezekiel

two uses
  • So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.

    Ezekiel 17:9

    • יְנַתֵּ֜קyenatekverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will it pull up
  • You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 23:34

    • תְּנַתֵּ֑קִיtenatekiverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will tear out

Nahum

one use
  • For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

    Nahum 1:13

    • אֲנַתֵּֽק׃ʾanatekverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will tear apart

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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