נָתַחnâthach

cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints

Pronunciation: naw-thakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5408

Meanings

Pi`el: cut up, in pieces (Leviticus 8:20; Leviticus 1:6; Leviticus 1:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 29:17 Cut the ram into pieces, and wash off the internal organs and the legs. Set them alongside the head and the other pieces of the body,
  • Leviticus 1:6 Then skin the animal and cut it into pieces.
  • Leviticus 1:12 Then cut the animal in pieces, and the priests will arrange the pieces of the offering, including the head and fat, on the wood burning on the altar.
  • Leviticus 8:20 Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar.
  • Judges 19:29 When he got home, he took a knife and cut his concubine’s body into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each tribe throughout all the territory of Israel.
  • Judges 20:6 So I cut her body into twelve pieces and sent the pieces throughout the territory assigned to Israel, for these men have committed a terrible and shameful crime.
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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).