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title: נֵתַח — piece · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵתַח (5409), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: piece. BDB 1906: n.m. piece. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵתַח

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«נֵתַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **piece** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 5409 · **BDB:** נֵ֫תַח

### Glosses

pieces (12); piece (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

piece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5409/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. piece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5409/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 24:4 piece of a divided carcass (Ecclus נתחים 50:12a);—abs. נ׳ Ez 24:4; pl. נְתָחִים Ju 19:29 + 2 times; sf. נְתָחָיו Ex 29:17(×2) + 2 times, נְתָחֶ֫יהָ Lv 1:6 + 3 times;—usually pl. pieces: of meat in a caldron (symbol. of Jerusalem) Ez 24:4(×2) (sg. only v 4b), v 6:6; of sacrif. animals Ex 29:17b Lv 1:8; 8:20b; 9:13; elsewhere לִנ׳ after vb. נִתַּח (q.v.): of woman Ju 19:29; Ex 29:17a Lv 1:6, 12; 8:20a. read נְתָחֶיהָ also Ez 24:5 for MT רתחיה Hi-Sm Co Berthol Toy SiegfKau Krae Da (‘poss.’).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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 «נֵתַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5409/), 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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[Ezekiel 24:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.4/)

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אֱסֹ֤ף נְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ אֵלֶ֔יהָ כָּל־נֵ֥תַח ט֖וֹב יָרֵ֣ךְ וְכָתֵ֑ף מִבְחַ֥ר עֲצָמִ֖ים מַלֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* gather pieces its into it every piece good thigh and shoulder \[the\].choicest of.\[the\].bones fill.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* Gather into it the pieces belonging to it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

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