Midvash

נָתַרnâthar

נָתַר: spring or start up

Pronunciation: naw-thar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5425

Meanings

Qal: yea, it, starts up from its place (Job 37:1)

Pi`el: to leap with them, upon the earth (Leviticus 11:21)

Hiph`il: and made nations start up (Habakkuk 3:6)

נָתַר: be free, loose

Hiph`il

1. unfasten, loosen (Isaiah 58:6)

2. set free, unbind (Psalms 105:20; Psalms 146:7; Job 6:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 11:21 You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.
  • 2 Samuel 22:33 God is my strong fortress, and he makes my way perfect.
  • Job 6:9 I wish he would crush me. I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
  • Job 37:1 “My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me.
  • Psalms 105:20 Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.
  • Psalms 146:7 He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.
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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).