נָתַר
na.tar
“to start”
Definition
to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
a primitive root;
- to start up, tremble, shake, spring up 1a) (Qal) to start up 1b) (Piel) to leap 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to start up
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נָתַר appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
God is my strong fortressand He makes my way clear.
He stood and measured the earth;He looked and startled the nations;the ancient mountains crumbled;the perpetual hills collapsed.His ways are everlasting.
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen:to break the chains of wickedness,to untie the cords of the yoke,to set the oppressed freeand tear off every yoke?
“At this my heart also poundsand leaps from its place.
that God would be willing to crush me,to unleash His hand and cut me off!
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