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title: נָתַר — be free · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָתַר (lemma:נָתַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: be free. BDB 1906: vb. be free, loose. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָתַר

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«נָתַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be free** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:נָתַר · **BDB:** נָתַר²

### Glosses

\[is\].setting.free (1); he (1); he.has.made.jump (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be free [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be free, loose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be free, loose (? usu. placed sub I., but connexion not obvious; cf. also NH Niph. free oneself, Hiph. = BH; perhaps cp. Arabic نَتَرَ rend a garment, break string (of bow), etc.);— Impf. 3 ms. juss. יַתֵּר Jb 6:9, sf. וַיַּתִּירֵהוּ ψ 105:20; Inf. abs. הַתֵּר Is 58:6; Pt. מַתִּיר ψ 146:7;— unfasten, loosen, c. acc. rei thongs of yoke Is 58:6 (‖ פַּתֵּחַ, תְּנַתֵּ֑קוּ). set free, unbind c. acc. pers., prisoners ψ 105:20 (‖ וַיְפַתְּחֵהוּ), 146:7; fig. יַתֵּר יָדוֹ Jb 6:9 that he would let loose his hand and cut me off,—וַיַּתֵּר 2 S 22:33 was poss. connected by Mass with תּוּר (v. Comm.), but read וַיִּתֵּן (as ‖ ψ 18:33).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.33/)

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הָאֵ֥ל מָעוּזִּ֖י חָ֑יִל וַיַּתֵּ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים דַּרְכִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* (the) God place.of.refuge \[is\].my strength and he.has.set.free a.blameless.\[person\] way my

*JPS 1917:* The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;

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[Psalms 105:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.20/)

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שָׁ֣לַח מֶ֭לֶךְ וַיַּתִּירֵ֑הוּ מֹשֵׁ֥ל עַ֝מִּ֗ים וַֽיְפַתְּחֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* he.sent a.king and he set.him.free a.ruler of.peoples and he set.him.free

*JPS 1917:* The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the peoples, and set him free.

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