נָתַח
nâthach · naw-thakh'
to dismember
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to dismember
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cut (in pieces), divide, hew in pieces.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָתַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and cut2 · 22%
- and thou shalt cut1 · 11%
- and he shall cut1 · 11%
- and he cut1 · 11%
- and divided1 · 11%
- and cut her in pieces1 · 11%
- and hewed them in pieces1 · 11%
- for themselves, and cut it in pieces1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.