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title: נֶתֶר — natron · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֶתֶר (5427), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: natron. BDB 1906: natron, or carbonate of soda. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֶתֶר

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«נֶתֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **natron** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5427 · **BDB:** נֶ֫תֶר

### Glosses

soda (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

natron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5427/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

natron, or carbonate of soda [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5427/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] natron, or carbonate of soda, a mineral alkali (NH = BH; Aramaic נִתְרָא, ܢܶܬܪܳܐ; cf. Gk. νίτρον, λίτρον, Lat. nitrum (v. Lexx.));—אִם־תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר Je 2:22 though thou wash thyself with natron (fig.; ‖ בֹּרִית; on use of ‘nitrum’ for handwashing among Greeks v. MeinekeFragm. Comicorum ii. 638); חֹמֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר Pr 25:20 (fig. of the incompatible).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֶתֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5427/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.20/)

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מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ בְּי֣וֹם קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר וְשָׁ֥ר בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים עַ֣ל לֶב־רָֽע׃פ

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].removes a.garment on a.day of.coldness vinegar on soda and \[one.who\].sings (with the songs to a.heart sad

*JPS 1917:* As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

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[Jeremiah 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.22/)

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כִּ֤י אִם־תְּכַבְּסִי֙ בַּנֶּ֔תֶר וְתַרְבִּי־לָ֖ךְ בֹּרִ֑ית נִכְתָּ֤ם עֲוֺנֵךְ֙ לְפָנַ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) though you.will.wash with (the) soda and you.will.increase for yourself soap \[is\].stained iniquity your before me the.utterance Lord of.\[the\] Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD.

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