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# נֵתַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5409

**piece** — used 13 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

piece [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5409/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נֵ֫תַח: n.m. piece [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5409/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 24:4 piece of a divided carcass (Ecclus נתחים 50:12a);—abs. נ׳ Ez 24:4; pl. נְתָחִים Ju 19:29 + 2 times; sf. נְתָחָיו Ex 29:17(×2) + 2 times, נְתָחֶ֫יהָ Lv 1:6 + 3 times;—usually pl. pieces: of meat in a caldron (symbol. of Jerusalem) Ez 24:4(×2) (sg. only v 4b), v 6:6; of sacrif. animals Ex 29:17b Lv 1:8; 8:20b; 9:13; elsewhere לִנ׳ after vb. נִתַּח (q.v.): of woman Ju 19:29; Ex 29:17a Lv 1:6, 12; 8:20a. read נְתָחֶיהָ also Ez 24:5 for MT רתחיה Hi-Sm Co Berthol Toy SiegfKau Krae Da (‘poss.’).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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: pieces (12); piece (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.

[Ezekiel 24:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.4/#tree)

אֱסֹ֤ף נְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ אֵלֶ֔יהָ כָּל־נֵ֥תַח ט֖וֹב יָרֵ֣ךְ וְכָתֵ֑ף מִבְחַ֥ר עֲצָמִ֖ים מַלֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* gather pieces its into it every piece good thigh and shoulder \[the\].choicest of.\[the\].bones fill.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* Gather into it the pieces belonging to it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5409.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5409/): 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).