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# נָתַר

Biblical Hebrew

**be free** — used 7 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

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָתַר²: vb. be free, loose [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m2)

**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).

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is\] setting free (1); he (1); he has made jump (1).

## In the verses

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

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;

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b7_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b7_5e8/): 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).