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title: נָטַע — plant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָטַע (5193), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 58 times: plant. BDB 1906: vb. plant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָטַע

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«נָטַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plant** — 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:** 58 times · **Key:** 5193 · **BDB:** נָטַע

### Glosses

plant (9); I (6); they.will.plant (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5193/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. plant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5193/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. plant (NH id., and deriv.; cf. Sab. נטעת pavilion \[? as planted, established\] DHM ZMG xxxvii. (1883), 337, 349);— Pf. 3 ms. Nu 24:6 +, 2 ms. נָטָ֑עְתָּ Dt 6:11, sf. 3 mpl. נְטַעְתָּם Je 12:2; 1 s. נָטַ֫עְתִּי Je 45:4 + 2 times, וְנָטַעְתִּ֫י Je 42:10 Ec 2:5, sf. נְטַעְתִּיךְ Je 2:21, וּנְטַעְתִּיו consec. 2 S 7:10 = וּנְטַעְתִּיהוּ 1 Ch 17:9, וּנְטַעְתִּים consec. Am 9:15 + 2 times, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִטַּע Dn 11:45, וַיִּטַּע Gn 2:8 + 2 times, sf. וַיִּטָּעֵ֫הוּ Is 5:2; 2 ms. תִּטַּע Dt 16:21 + 2 times, sf. 3 fs. וַתִּטָּעֶ֑הָ ψ 80:9; sf. 3 mpl. וַתִּטָּעֵ֫מוֹ Ex 15:17, וַתִּטָּעֵם ψ 44:3, etc.; Imv. נִטְעוּ Je 29:5 + 3 times; Inf. לִנְטֹעַ Is 51:16 Je 18:9, לִנְטוֹעַ Je 1:10; 31:28, לָטַעַת Ec 3:2; Pt. act. נוֹטֵעַ Je 11:17, נֹטַע ψ 94:9 (shewing orig. a according to LagBN 84); pl. נֹטְעִים Je 31:5; pass. נָטוּעַ Ec 3:2, pl. נְטוּעִים Ec 12:11;— plant, c. acc. of tree or vine Nu 24:6 (JE; subj. י׳), Gn 21:33 (J), Lv 19:23 (H), Is 44:14 ψ 106:16 (subj. י׳), Ec 2:5 also (fig. of people) Je 2:21; 11:17 ψ 80:9, 16; c. acc. of vineyard Gn 9:20 (J), Am 5:11; 9:14; 2 K 19:29 = Is 37:30; Zp 1:13; Dt 20:6; 28:30, 39 Je 31:5(×3); 35:7; Ez 28:26; Is 65:21; Pr 31:16 ψ 107:37; Ec 2:4; olive trees and vineyards Dt 6:11 Jos 24:13 (D); garden Gn 2:8 (י׳), Je 29:5, 28; so c. acc. אֲשֵׁרָה כָּל־עֵץ Dt 16:21; נ׳ נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים Is 17:10 (fig. of idolatry); abs. (lit.) Is 65:22; Ec 3:2(×2) (opp. עָקַר); c. 2 acc. Is 5:2 (plant vineyard with vine). plant, fig. = establish, usually of establishing people, c. acc. 2 S 17:10 = 1 Ch 17:9 Am 9:15 (opp. נָתַשׁ), Ez 36:36; Ex 15:17 (song), especially Je 24:6; 32:41 (ב loc.), 42:10 (opp. נָתַשׁ), 45:10 (opp. id., ψ 44:3 (all of establishing Isr.); of establishing wicked Je 12:2; abs. of establishing people Je 1:10; 18:9; 31:28; more lit., establish heavens Is 51:16 (‖ לִיסֹד אֶרֶץ); plant i.e. fix (late use) tents Dn 11:45; מַשְׂמְרוֹת נְטוּעִים Ec 12:11 nails planted, i.e. fixed in; even נ׳ אֹזֶן ψ 94:9 he that planted the ear. Pf. 3 pl. נִמָּ֑עוּ Is 40:24 be planted, fig., = be established.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 54 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָטַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5193/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.16/)

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יִ֭שְׂבְּעוּ עֲצֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אַֽרְזֵ֥י לְ֝בָנ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָטָֽע׃

*Word for word:* they.are.satisfied the.trees of.Yahweh the.cedars of.Lebanon which he.planted

*JPS 1917:* The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted;

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[Genesis 9:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.20/)

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וַיָּ֥חֶל נֹ֖חַ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וַיִּטַּ֖ע כָּֽרֶם׃

*Word for word:* and he.began Noah the.man of the.ground and he.planted a.vineyard

*JPS 1917:* And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.

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