נָתַק
nâthaq · naw-thak'
to tear off
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tear off
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָתַק 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
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and were drawn away2 · 7%
- and he brake2 · 7%
- in sunder2 · 7%
- and burst2 · 7%
- or broken1 · 3%
- were lifted up1 · 3%
- us) till we have drawn1 · 3%
- is broken1 · 3%
- and draw1 · 3%
- are broken off1 · 3%
- shall be rooted out1 · 3%
- let us break1 · 3%
- asunder1 · 3%
- and brake1 · 3%
- broken1 · 3%
- be broken1 · 3%
- thereof be broken1 · 3%
- and that ye break1 · 3%
- are not plucked away1 · 3%
- are broken1 · 3%
- toward thee: pull them out1 · 3%
- yet would i pluck1 · 3%
- and will burst1 · 3%
- shall he not pull up1 · 3%
- thereof, and pluck off1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.