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title: נָטָף — drop · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָטָף (lemma:נָטָף), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: drop. BDB 1906: n.m. drop. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָטָף

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«נָטָף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drop** — 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:** lemma:נָטָף · **BDB:** נָטָף

### Glosses

drops (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d8_5b8_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. drop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d8_5b8_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. drop;—נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם Jb 36:27 (‖ מָטָר, rain).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «נָטָף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d8_5b8_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.27/)

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כִּ֭י יְגָרַ֣ע נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.draws.up drops of.water they.refine rain to mist his

*JPS 1917:* For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

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