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# נָתַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5408

**cut up** — used 9 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

cut up [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5408/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָתַח: vb. Pi. cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5408/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pi. cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints (Dr 1 S 11:7; NH id., Pi.; rare);— Pf. נִתַּח Lv 8:20, וְנִתַּח consec. Lv 1:6, 12; Impf. 3 ms. וַיְנַתַּח 1 K 18:33, sf. וַיְנַתְּחֵ֫הוּ 1 S 11:7, וַיְנַתְּחֶ֫הָ Ju 19:29, etc.;—cut up, cut in pieces, c. acc. of animals 1 S 11:7, of woman Ju 20:6 (all these to be sent about as token for assembling warriors; on signif. of the practice cf. RSSem i. 383; 2nd ed. 402); elsewhere usually + לִנְתָחִים, cut up into pieces, of woman Ju 19:29; of sacrificial animals 1 K 18:23, 33 (acc. only), Ex 29:17 Lv 1:6, 12; 8:20 (all P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he (2); he will cut in pieces (2); I (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 1:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.1.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.1.6/#tree)

וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט אֶת־הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִתַּ֥ח אֹתָ֖הּ לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.skin (et) the.burnt offering and he.will.cut.in.pieces it into pieces its

*JPS 1917:* And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.

[1 Kings 18:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.33/#tree)

וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת־הָֽעֵצִ֑ים וַיְנַתַּח֙ אֶת־הַפָּ֔ר וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־הָעֵצִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.arranged (et) the wood(s) and he.cut.it.in.pieces (et) the.young bull and he.put.\[it\] on the wood(s)

*JPS 1917:* And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5408.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5408/): 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).