Brown-Driver-Briggs
[
נָתַק]
verb pull, draw, tear away, apart, off (Late Hebrew
id.;
ᵑ7 נְתַק in derived species (rare),
pull off, tear off; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic
shake off, Schw
Idioticon 58; Arabic
pull off, draw out, shake; Di
660 compare Ethiopic
detrahere, etc.); —
Qal Perfect1plural suffix וּנְתַקְּנוּהוּ consecutive Judges 20:32 (on dagesh forte dirimens see Ges§ 20h); Imperfect1singular suffix אֶתְּקֶנְךָּ Jeremiah 22:24 (compare Ges§ 58, i); Passive participle נָתוּק Leviticus 22:24; —
1 draw away warriors from (מִן) city, unto (אֶלֿ) high road Judges 20:32.
2 draw or pull off ring from (מִן) finger Jeremiah 22:24 (figurative of rejection of king of Judah by ׳י).
3 pull, tear away Leviticus 22:24 (passive, of testicles, + מָעוּךְ, כָּתוּת, כָּרוּת).
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִתַּק Isaiah 5:27; 3plural נִתְּקוּ Joshua 4:18; Job 17:11, נִתָּ֑קוּ Jeremiah 6:29; Jeremiah 10:20; Imperfect3masculine singular יִנָּתֵק Judges 16:9 2t.; 3 masculine plural וַיִּנָָּֽתְקוּ Joshua 8:16, יִנָּתֵ֑קוּ Isaiah 33:20; —
1 be drawn away from (מִן) city Joshua 8:16 (compare Qal 1); of soles of feet, be drawn out (from water) unto (אֶלֿ) dry ground Joshua 4:18.
2 be torn apart, or in two, snapped: of sandal-thong Isaiah 5:27, strand of tow Judges 16:9 (simile), cord Ecclesiastes 4:12; especially tent-cord (in figurative) Isaiah 33:20; Jeremiah 10:20, so יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלוֺ מִבְטַחוֺ Job 18:14; metaphor of plans (זִמֹּת) Job 17:11.
3 be separated, in smelting, figurative, רָעִים לֹא נִתָּ֑קוּ Jeremiah 6:29.
Pi`el Perfect1singular נִתַּקְתִּי Jeremiah 2:20; 3plural נִתְּקוּ Jeremiah 5:5; Imperfect3masculine singular יְנַתֵּק Ezekiel 17:9; Psalm 107:14, וַיְנַתֵּק Judges 16:9, suffix וַיְנַתְּקֵם Judges 16:12; 2feminine singular תְּנַתֵּ֑קִי Ezekiel 23:34; 1singular אֲנַתֵּק Nahum 1:13; 1plural נְנַתְּקָה cohortative Psalm 2:3; 2masculine plural תְּנַתֵּ֑קוּ Isaiah 58:6; —
1 tear apart, snap, with accusative הַיְתָרִים Judges 16:9 the cords, Judges 16:12 (+ מֵעַל זְרֹעֹתָיו); especially with accusative מוֺסֵרוֺת, bonds (figurative) Nahum 1:13; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 30:8; Psalm 2:3; Psalm 107:14; object מוֺטָה Isaiah 58:6 ("" מַּתֵּחַ, and הַתֵּר אֲגֻדּוֺת מוֺטָה).
2 tear out, up, object roots Ezekiel 17:9 (in figurative); tear out, away, object breasts Ezekiel 23:34 (in violent figurative of Jerusalem as drunken woman).
Hiph`il 1. Infinitive construct suffix הַתִּיקֵנוּ: draw away warriors from (מִן) city Joshua 8:6 (= Qal 1).
2 Imperative masculine singular suffix הַתִּקֵם drag them away like sheep to slaughter Jeremiah 12:3 (of ׳יs dealing with wicked).
Hoph`al Perfect (si vera lectio) הָנְתְּקוּ מִןהָֿעִיר Judges 20:31 they were drawn away from the city (compare Niph`al 1), but probably gloss, see GFM.
