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# נָטַשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5203

**leave** — used 40 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

leave [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5203/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָטַשׁ: vb. Niph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5203/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. leave, forsake, permit (𝔗 forsake; draw off skin of dead animal; Arabic نَطِسٌ = abstinens ab impuro according to Ḳam (Frey));— Pf. 3 ms. נ׳ 1 S 10:2, sf. 1 pl. נְטָשָׁ֫נוּ Ju 6:13; 2 ms. נָמַשְׁתָּ 1 S 17:28, נָמַשְׁתָּה Is 2:6, sf. נְטַשְׁתַּ֫נִי Gn 31:28, וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּ consec. Ex 23:11, etc.; Impf. יִטּשׁ 1 S 12:22 ψ 94:14, יִטּוֹשׁ Ho 12:15, sf. 1 pl. יִטְּשֵׁנוּ 1 K 8:57; 1 pl. נִטּשׁ Ne 10:32, etc.; Imv. נְטוֹשׁ Pr 17:14; Pt. pass. f. נְטוּשָׁה Is 21:15; mpl. נְטֻשִׁים 1 S 30:16;— leave, let alone Ex 23:11 (E; = let field lie fallow, ‖ שָׁמַט), cf. וְנִטּשׁ אֶת־הַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית וּמַשָּׁא כָל־יָ֑ד Ne 10:32 (i.e. leave field fallow and debts unclaimed); obj. quails, let them lie, (עַל loc.) Nu 11:31 (JE), of Amalekites נְטֻשִׁים עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ 1 S 30:16 left to themselves over all the land; וְדָמָיו עָלָיו יִטּוֹשׁ Ho 12:15 and his mortal guilt shall he leave upon him; leave in charge of, entrust to (עַל pers.): sheep 1 S 17:20, 28; baggage v 22. usually forsake, abandon, נ׳ דִּבְרֵי הָאֲתֹנוֹת 1 S 10:2 thy father hath abandoned the matter of the asses (ceased to be concerned about them); הָרִיב נְטוֹשׁ Pr 17:14 abandon contention; often subj. י׳, c. acc. pers. Ju 6:13; Is 2:6; 1 S 12:22; 1 K 8:57 (‖ עָזַב) 2 K 21:14; Je 7:29; 12:7 (‖ עָזַב), 23:33, 39 ψ 27:9 (‖ עָזַב), 94:14 (‖ id.); of י׳ leaving Phar. forsaken (on ground, cf. Niph. 1) Ez 29:5 (+ ה loc.), 32:4 (+ ב loc.); abandoning the sanctuary at Shiloh ψ 78:60; of men forsaking God Dt 32:15 (poem), Je 15:6; cf. אַל־תִּטּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּ֑ךָ Pr 1:8; 6:20; of men abandoning kg. (under fig. of cedar) Ez 31:12(×2). permit, only וְלֹא נְטַשְׁתַּנִי לְנַשֵּׁק לְבָנַי וגו׳ Gn 31:28 (E) and hast not permitted me to kiss my sons, etc.—For וַתִּטּשׁ הַמִּלְחָמָה 1 S 4:2 read prob. וַתֵּט (𝔊 ἔκλινεν) Dr Klo Bu, or וַתִּקֶשׁ (קשׁה) grew fierce HPS (Löhr proposes תִּנָּטֵשׁ cf. Ju 15:9 etc.). For חֶרֶב נְטוּשָׁה Is 21:15 (‖ קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה) read perhaps ח׳ לְטוּשָׁה. Pf. 3 fs. נִטְּשָׁה Am 5:2; 3 pl. נִטְּשׁוּ Is 16:8; 33:23; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּנָּֽטְשׁוּ Ju 15:9 + 2 times;— be forsaken, Am 5:2 she (Isr.) lieth forsaken (עַל loc.). be loosened or loose (proposes be let alone, left to hang down) of ship’s tackle Is 33:23. be let go, spread abroad, of warriors, Ju 15:9; 2 S 5:18, 22 (all c. ב loc., for purpose of plunder); of tendrils of vine Is 16:8 (fig. of Moab). Pf. only אַרְמוֹן נֻטָּ֑שׁ Is 32:14 palaces are abandoned, deserted (‖ הֲמוֹן עִיר עֻזָּ֑ב).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I will abandon (3); I (2); abandon (2).

## In the verses

[2 Samuel 5:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.5.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.5.18/#tree)

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בָּ֑אוּ וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] Philistines they.had.come and they.had.spread.out in the.valley of.Rephaim

*JPS 1917:* Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

[Psalms 78:60](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.60/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.60/#tree)

וַ֭יִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן שִׁל֑וֹ אֹ֝֗הֶל שִׁכֵּ֥ן בָּאָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.abandoned the.tabernacle of.Shiloh \[the\].tent \[which\].he.had.pitched among (the) humankind

*JPS 1917:* And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had made to dwell among men;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5203.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5203/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).