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title: נְטִישֹׁות — twig · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְטִישֹׁות (5189), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: twig. BDB 1906: n.f. twig, tendril Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְטִישֹׁות

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«נְטִישֹׁות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **twig** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 5189 · **BDB:** נְטִישָׁה

### Glosses

tendrils (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

twig [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5189/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. twig, tendril Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5189/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. twig, tendril of vine (as spreading, cf. √ Niph. 3);—only pl. הַנְּטִישׁוֹת הֵסִיר הֵתַז Is 18:5 the tendrils he hath removed, cf. הָסִירוּ נְטִישׁוֹתֶיהָ Je 5:10 (appar. cited from Is.; expl. by Finn Journ. Trans. Vict. Inst. xxii. 306 f. from use by shepherds of poterium spinosum, called nettsh, as defence of sheepfolds),—in both of destroying city (under fig. of vineyard); נְטִישֹׁתַיִךְ עָֽבְרוּ יָם Je 48:32 thy tendrils went over the sea (fig. of prosperity of Moab).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְטִישֹׁות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5189/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.10/)

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עֲל֤וּ בְשָׁרוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ וְשַׁחֵ֔תוּ וְכָלָ֖ה אַֽל־תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ הָסִ֙ירוּ֙ נְטִ֣ישׁוֹתֶ֔יהָ כִּ֛י ל֥וֹא לַיהוָ֖ה הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* go.up among its.vine rows and destroy.\[them\] and complete.destruction do.not make remove tendrils its (dm) not \[belong\].to Yahweh they

*JPS 1917:* Go ye up into her rows, and destroy, but make not a full end; take away her shoots; for they are not the LORD'S.

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[Isaiah 18:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.18.5/)

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כִּֽי־לִפְנֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ כְּתָם־פֶּ֔רַח וּבֹ֥סֶר גֹּמֵ֖ל יִֽהְיֶ֣ה נִצָּ֑ה וְכָרַ֤ת הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙ בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹת וְאֶת־הַנְּטִישׁ֖וֹת הֵסִ֥יר הֵתַֽז׃

*Word for word:* (dm) before harvest just as.is.finished bud\[s\] and unripe.grape\[s\] ripening it.will.become blossom and he.will.cut.off the shoots with.(the) pruning knives and (et) the tendrils he.will.remove he.will.cut.away

*JPS 1917:* For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.

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