נָטַלnâṭal

נָטַל: lift, bear

Pronunciation: naw-tal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5190

Meanings

Qal: lift (Lamentations 3:28; Isaiah 40:15; 2 Samuel 24:12)

Pi`el: and he bare them (Isaiah 63:9)

ᵑ7: lift

Pe`al: be lifted (Daniel 4:31; Daniel 7:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 24:12 “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’”
  • Isaiah 40:15 No, for all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand.
  • Isaiah 63:9 In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.
  • Lamentations 3:28 Let them sit alone in silence beneath the Lord’s demands.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).