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title: נָתַס — tear down · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָתַס (5420), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: tear down. BDB 1906: vb. tear or break down. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָתַס

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«נָתַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tear down** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5420 · **BDB:** נָתַס

### Glosses

they.have.torn.down (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tear down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5420/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. tear or break down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5420/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. tear or break down (= נָתַץ);— Pf. 3 pl. נָֽתְסוּ נְתִיבָתִי Jb 30:13 they have broken down my path, made it impassable (fig.).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָתַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5420/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.13/)

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נָתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* they.have.torn.down pathway my to destruction my they.benefit not a.helper \[belongs\].to them

*JPS 1917:* They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.

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