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title: נָתִין — Jonathan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָתִין (5411), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Jonathan. BDB 1906: n.m.pl. Nethînîm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָתִין

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«נָתִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jonathan** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 5411 · **BDB:** נְתִינִים

### Glosses

servants (15); temple.servants (1); the.temple.servants (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jonathan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5411/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m.pl. Nethînîm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5411/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl. Nethînîm (proposes those given to the service of the sanctuary, as Levites are called נְתוּנִים Nu 3:9, 8:16, 19);—only 1 Ch 9:2 (where disting. from priests and Levites) + 16 times Ezr Ne (often disting. from priests, Levites and porters; Ezr 8:17 Kt has הנתונים, Qr הַנְּתִינִים), viz.: Ezr 2:43, 58, 70 = Ne 7:46, 60, 72 (so Baer, Ginsb; van d. H. v 73), Ezr 7:7; 8:17, 20 (appointment ascribed to David, cf. 1 Ch 9:2), v 20 Ne 10:29; 11:3; living on the Ophel 3:26; 11:21, with their own overseers v 21, having a house known (in part) by their name 3:31.—On נ׳ v. further BauPriesterthum 100, 142 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָתִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5411/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.43/)

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הַנְּתִינִ֑ים בְּנֵי־צִיחָ֥א בְנֵי־חֲשׂוּפָ֖א בְּנֵ֥י טַבָּעֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* the.temple servants the.descendants of.Ziha the.descendants of.Hasupha the.descendants of.Tabbaoth

*JPS 1917:* The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth;

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[Nehemiah 7:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.46/)

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הַנְּתִינִ֑ים בְּנֵי־צִחָ֥א בְנֵי־חֲשֻׂפָ֖א בְּנֵ֥י טַבָּעֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* the.temple servants the.descendants of.Ziha the.descendants of.Hasupha the.descendants of.Tabbaoth

*JPS 1917:* The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth;

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