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title: נָתַח — cut up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָתַח (5408), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: cut up. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָתַח

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«נָתַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cut up** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 5408 · **BDB:** נָתַח

### Glosses

he (2); he.will.cut.in.pieces (2); I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5408/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5408/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pi. cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints (Dr 1 S 11:7; NH id., Pi.; rare);— Pf. נִתַּח Lv 8:20, וְנִתַּח consec. Lv 1:6, 12; Impf. 3 ms. וַיְנַתַּח 1 K 18:33, sf. וַיְנַתְּחֵ֫הוּ 1 S 11:7, וַיְנַתְּחֶ֫הָ Ju 19:29, etc.;—cut up, cut in pieces, c. acc. of animals 1 S 11:7, of woman Ju 20:6 (all these to be sent about as token for assembling warriors; on signif. of the practice cf. RSSem i. 383; 2nd ed. 402); elsewhere usually + לִנְתָחִים, cut up into pieces, of woman Ju 19:29; of sacrificial animals 1 K 18:23, 33 (acc. only), Ex 29:17 Lv 1:6, 12; 8:20 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָתַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5408/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.1.6/)

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וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט אֶת־הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִתַּ֥ח אֹתָ֖הּ לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.skin (et) the.burnt offering and he.will.cut.in.pieces it into pieces its

*JPS 1917:* And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.

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[1 Kings 18:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.33/)

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וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת־הָֽעֵצִ֑ים וַיְנַתַּח֙ אֶת־הַפָּ֔ר וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־הָעֵצִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.arranged (et) the wood(s) and he.cut.it.in.pieces (et) the.young bull and he.put.\[it\] on the wood(s)

*JPS 1917:* And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood.

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