נְתַן
nᵉthan · neth-an'
give
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5414 (נָתַן);
give
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bestow, give pay.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְתַן 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and giveth3 · 43%
- pay1 · 14%
- to bestow1 · 14%
- bestow1 · 14%
- that he would give1 · 14%
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.