--- title: נָתַץ — pull down · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָתַץ (5422), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: pull down. BDB 1906: vb. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5422.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-5.md)‎ / נָתַץ‎ # נָתַץ «נָתַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pull down** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 42 times · **Key:** 5422 · **BDB:** נָתַץ ### Glosses they.pulled.down (7); he.pulled.down (3); pull.down (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) pull down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5422/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5422/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. pull down, break down (NH Hoph., and deriv.; cf. perhaps Ethiopic ነሠተ (with transp. and weakening of sibilant), destruere, demoliri, excidere Di 634);— Pf. 3 ms. נ׳ Ju 6:30 +, 3 pl. נָֽתְצוּ 2 K 25:10; Je 52:14, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִתֹּץ Ez 26:9 + v 12 (Co, for MT יִתְּצוּ); וַיִּתֹּץ Ju 9:45; 2 K 23:7; sf. יִתְּצֵנִי Jb 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ ψ 52:7; 1 s. אֶתֹּץ Ju 8:9; 3 mpl. וַיִּתְּצוּ 2 K 10:27(×2); 2 mpl. תִּתֹּ֑צוּ Dt 7:5 תִּתֹּצ֑וּן Ex 34:13 Ju 2:2; וַתִּתְֿצוּ Is 22:2, etc.; Imv. נְתֹץ ψ 58:7; Inf. cstr. לִנְתֿוֹץ Je 1:10; 18:7, לִנְתֹֿץ 31:28 (on תֿ v. Ges§ 45 g); Pt. pass. pl. הַנְּתֻצִים Je 33:4;— lit. pull down a structure (acc.): altar Ju 2:2; 6:30, 31, 32; Ex 34:13 (J), Dt 7:5; 2 K 23:12; high place (במה) v 8, בָּמָה + מִזְבֵּחַ v 15; מַצֵּבָה 10:27; בֵּית הַבַּעַל v 27; 11:18 = 2 Ch 23:17, cf. 2 K 23:7; a tower Ju 8:9, 17, cf. Ez 26:9 (בְּחַרְבוֹתָיו); (any) house Is 22:10; Ez 26:12; Lv 14:45, so הַנְּתֻצִים Je 33:4 (strangely + אֶל, cf. Gf Gie); city-wall Je 39:8; 2 K 25:10 = Je 52:14; city Ju 9:45. fig.: pull down a nation, break its power, וְלִנְתוֹשׁ וְלִנ׳ וּלְהַאֲבִיד (וְלַהֲרוֹם) (obj. not expressed) Je 1:10 (so Ecclus 49:7b), = 18:7. cf. 31:28. an individual, subj. God, יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב Jb 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ ψ 52:7. jawteeth of lions (metaph.) ψ 58:7 (break down, break off, so only here, but v. נָתַע). be pulled, broken, down: Pf. 3 pl. נִתְּצוּ מִפְּנֵי י׳ Je 4:26 (of cities), so נ׳ מִמֶּנּוּ Na 1:6 (of rocks). Pf. 3 ms. נִתַּץ 2 Ch 33:3; 3 pl. וְנִתְּצוּ Ez 16:39 (consec.); 2 mpl. וְנִתַּצְתֶּם Dt 12:3; Impf. 3 ms. וַיְנַתֵּץ 2 Ch 34:7; 3 mpl. וַיְנַתְּצוּ 31:1 + 2 times;—tear down (chiefly late): c. acc. altars Dt 12:3, + בָּמוֹת 2 Ch 31:1, + הַחַמָּנִים, etc., 34:4, + אֲשֵׁרִים v 7; בָּמוֹת alone 33:3, רָמֹתַיִךְ Ez 16:39; city wall 2 Ch 36:19. be torn down: Pf. 3 ms. נֻתַּץ Ju 6:28 (of altar + אֲשֵׁרָה). (or Qal pass. Ges§ 53 u) be broken down, broken, only Impf. 3 ms. יֻתָּ֑ץ Lv 11:35 (of תַּנּוּר, v. Dr-WhiteHpt, and כִּירַיִם, v. supr., p. 468 b). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 0 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, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָתַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5422/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Judges 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.17/) וְאֶת־מִגְדַּ֥ל פְּנוּאֵ֖ל נָתָ֑ץ וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג אֶת־אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעִֽיר׃ *Word for word:* and (et) the.tower of.Penuel he.tore.down and he.killed (et) the.men of the.city *JPS 1917:* And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. [Psalms 58:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.7/) אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ בְּפִ֑ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים נְתֹ֣ץ ׀ יְהוָֽה׃ *Word for word:* O.God break.away teeth their in mouth their \[the\].teeth of.young.lions break.off O.Yahweh *JPS 1917:* Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD. - ← previous: [נָתַע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5421.md) - next →: [נָתַק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5423.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-5.md)