Lexical Summary nathats: to pull down, break down Original Word: נָתַץTransliteration: nathats Phonetic Spelling: (naw-thats') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to pull down, break down Meaning: to pull down, break down Strong's Concordance beat down, break down out, cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down A primitive root; to tear down -- beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5422. nathats נָתַץ verb pull down, break down (Late Hebrew Hoph`al, and derivatives; compare perhaps Ethiopic (with transposition and weakening of sibilant), destruere, demoliri, excidere Di634); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳נ Judges 6:30 +, 3 plural נָָֽתְצוּ 2 Kings 25:10; Jeremiah 52:14, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִתֹּץ Ezekiel 26:9 + 26:12 (Co, for יִתְּצוּ ᵑ0); וַיִּתֹּץ Judges 9:45; 2 Kings 23:7; suffix יִתְּצֵנִי Job 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ Psalm 52:7; 1singular אֶתֹּץ Judges 8:9; 3masculine plural וַיִּתְּצוּ 2 Kings 10:27 (twice in verse); 2masculine plural תִּתֹּ֑צוּ Deuteronomy 7:5, תִּתֹּצ֑וּן Exodus 34:13; Judges 2:2; וַתִּתְֿצוּ Isaiah 22:2, etc.; Imperative נְתֹץ Psalm 58:7; Infinitive construct לִנְתֿוֺץ Jeremiah 1:10; 18:7, לִנְתֹֿץ 31:28 (on תֿ see Ges§ 45g); Passive participle plural הַנְּתֻצִים 33:4; — 1 literally pull down a structure (accusative): altar Judges 2:2; 6:30-31, 32; Exodus 34:13 (J), Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Kings 23:12; high place (במה) 23:8, בָּמָה + מִזְבֵּחַ 23:15; מַצֵּבָה 10:27; הַבַּעַל בֵּית 10:27; 11:18 2 Chronicles 23:17, compare 2 Kings 23:7; a tower Judges 8:9, 17, compare Ezekiel 26:9 (בְּחַרְבוֺתָיו); (any) house Isaiah 22:10; Ezekiel 26:12; Leviticus 14:45, so הַנְּחֻצִים Jeremiah 33:4 (strangely + אֶל, compare Gf Gie); city-wall 39:8; 2 Kings 25:10 = Jeremiah 52:14; city Judges 9:45. 2 figurative: a. pull down a nation, break its power, וְלִנ ׳וְלִנְתוֺשׁ וּלְהַאֲבִיד (וְלַהֲרוֺס) (object not expressed) Jeremiah 1:10 (so Ecclus 49:7b), = 18:7, compare 31:18. b. an individual, subject God, סָבִיב יִתְּצֵנִי Job 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ Psalm 52:7. c. jaw-teeth of lions (metaphor) Psalm 58:7 (break down, break off, so only here, but see נָתַע). Niph`al be pulled, broken, down: Perfect3plural י מִמְּנֵי ׳נִתְּצוּ Jeremiah 4:26 (of cities), so ׳נ מִמֶּנּוּ Nahum 1:6 (of rocks). Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular נִתַּץ2 Chronicles 33:3; 3 plural וְנִתְּצוּ Ezekiel 16:39 (consecutive); 2 masculine plural וְנִתַּצְתֶּם Deuteronomy 12:3; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְנַתֵּץ2 Chronicles 34:7; 3 masculine plural וַיְנַתְּצוּ31:1-2t.; — tear down (chiefly late): with accusative altars Deuteronomy 12:3, + בָּמוֺת2 Chronicles 31:1, + הַחַמָּנִים, etc., 34:4, + אֲשֵׁרִים 34:7; בָּמוֺת alone 33:3, רָמֹתַיִךְ Ezekiel 16:39; city wall 2 Chronicles 36:19. Pu`al be torn down: Perfect3masculine singular נֻתַּץ Judges 6:28 (of altar + אֲשֵׁרָה). Hoph`al (or Qal passive Ges§ 53u) be broken down, broken, only Imperfect3masculine singular ייֻתָּ֑ץ Leviticus 11:35 (of תַּנּוּר, see Dr-WhHpt, and כִּירַיִם, see above). |