נָטָהnâṭâh

stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

Pronunciation: naw-taw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5186

Meanings

Qal: active, passive (Genesis 33:19; Numbers 22:33; Exodus 15:12)

1.

a. stretch out, extend (Exodus 9:22; Exodus 9:23; Exodus 10:12)

b. stretch (2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 34:11; Lamentations 2:8)

c. = offer (1 Chronicles 21:10; 2 Samuel 24:12)

2. Spread out, i.e. pitch (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 26:25; Genesis 35:21)

3. Bend, turn, incline

a. turn aside, into (Numbers 21:15; Numbers 22:23; Numbers 22:33)

b. bend, bow (Genesis 49:15; Psalms 62:4; Psalms 73:2)

Niph`al: be stretched out (Numbers 24:6; Zechariah 1:16; Jeremiah 6:4)

Hiph`il

1. stretch out, (as Qal 1) (Isaiah 31:3; Jeremiah 6:12; Jeremiah 15:6)

2. spread out, as Qal 2 (2 Samuel 21:10; 2 Samuel 16:22; Isaiah 54:2)

3. turn, incline

a. turn, take aside (Numbers 22:23; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 6:10)

b. those turning aside their crooked (Psalms 125:5; Job 23:11)

c. turn (2 Samuel 19:15; 1 Kings 11:2; 1 Kings 11:4)

d. incline (Joshua 24:23; Proverbs 2:2; 1 Kings 8:58)

e. incline (Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 44:5)

f. bend down (Psalms 144:5; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 9:9)

g. thrust aside (Exodus 23:6; 1 Samuel 8:3; Deuteronomy 16:19)

h. thrust away (Psalms 27:9; Jeremiah 5:25)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 214 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 12:8 After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.
  • Genesis 24:14 This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.”
  • Genesis 26:25 Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.
  • Genesis 33:19 Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.
  • Genesis 35:21 Then Jacob traveled on and camped beyond Migdal-eder.
  • Genesis 38:1 About this time, Judah left home and moved to Adullam, where he stayed with a man named Hirah.
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