Lexical Definition

‎נָטָה‎ nâṭâh (naw-taw') to stretch ^H:V
a primitive root

[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.

• to stretch or spread out
• by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection)
• used in a great variety of application

1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer
1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent)
1a3) to bend, turn, incline
1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down
1a3b) to bend, bow
1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to stretch out
1c2) to spread out
1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away

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‎נָטָה‎₂₁₅ verb stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend (Late Hebrew id., incline, spread tent, etc.; Arabic stretch out); —

Qal₁₃₇ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 33:19 +; 3 feminine singular ‎נָָֽכְתָה‎ Num 22:33 2 masculine singular ‎נָטִיתָ‎ Exod 15:12 3 plural ‎נָטוּ‎ Ps 21:42; Isa 45:12, ‎נָטָ֫יוּ‎ Ps 73:2 Qr, etc.; Imperfect ‎יִטֶּה‎ Job 15:29, jussive ‎יֵט‎ Zeph 2:13 ‎וַיֵּט‎ Gen 12:8 +, ‎וַיֶּטֿ‎ Gen 26:27; 1Chr 15:1 3 feminine singular ‎תִּטֶּה‎ Job 31:7, ‎וַתֵּט‎ Num 22:23 + 2 t.; 2 masculine singular jussive ‎תֵּט‎ Prov 4:5; Prov 4:27 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּטּוּ‎ 1Sam 8:3 1 plural ‎נִטֶּה‎ Num 20:17; Num 21:22 Imperative ‎נְטֵה‎ Exod 8:1* +; Infinitive construct ‎נְטוֺת‎ Judg 19:8 + 4 t., ‎נְטֹת‎ Exod 23:2 suffix ‎נְטֹתִי‎ Exod 7:5, ‎נְטוֺתוֺ‎ Ps 109:23 Participle active ‎נֹטֶה‎ Jer 10:20 + 6 t., ‎נוֺטֶה‎ Ezek 25:16 + 3 t.; suffix ‎נוֺטֵיהָם‎ Isa 42:5 passive ‎נָטוּי‎ Ps 62:4* + 2 t., + Ps 73:2 (see below); feminine singular ‎נְטוּיָה‎ Isa 5:25 + 24 t., plural ‎נְטֻיוֺת‎ Isa 3:16 Qr (Kt ‎נטוות‎): —

1. a. stretch out, extend, hand, rod, usually with accusative + ‎עַל‎ of direction Exod 9:22; Exod 9:23; Exod 10:12; Exod 10:13; Exod 10:21; Exod 10:22 (all E), Exod 7:19; Exod 14:16; Exod 14:21; Exod 14:26; Exod 14:27 (all P), absolute Josh 8:19 (JE), Exod 8:12* (P); with ‎ב‎ of dart or rod ‎בַּכִּידוֺן אֶלֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Josh 8:18 (twice in verse) (JE), ‎יָָֽדְךָ בְּמַטֶּ֔ךָ עַלֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Exod 8:1* (P), compare v.Exod 8:2* and (‎עַל‎ omitted) v.Exod 8:13* (all P), Josh 8:26 (JE); figurative of hostility to God ‎יָדוֺ אֶלֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Job 15:25 especially of God stretching out his hand over (‎עַל‎) often with idea of against, i.e. in judgment, Isa 5:25; Isa 23:11; Zeph 1:4; Zeph 2:13; Ezek 6:14 + 7 t. Ezekiel; Exod 7:5 (P); with ‎אֶלֿ‎ against Joel Exod 51:25, compare sword Ezek 30:25 absolute Exod 15:12 (song); passive participle ‎גָּרוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 3:16 outstretched of neck; often ‎זְרוֺע נְטוּיָה‎ arm stretched out (of ‎׳‎‎י‎) to deliver, Deut 4:34 + 14 t. (see ‎זְרוֺעַ‎); ‎׳‎‎אֶזְרוֺעַ נ‎ Jer 32:21 ‎׳‎‎יָד נ‎, to oppose, Jer 21:5 ‎עוֺד יָדוֺ נְטוּיָה‎ in judgment, Isa 5:25 (|| ‎לֹא שָׁב אַפּוֺ‎), so Isa 9:11*; Isa 9:16*; Isa 9:20*; Isa 10:4 (all || id.), compare Isa 14:27 ‎הַיָּד הַנְּטוּיָה עַלֿ‎ vIsa 14:26 ‎נָטִיתִי יָדִי‎ Prov 1:24 (of wisdom's appeal; || ‎קָרָאתִי‎).
b. stretch line and plummet,
c. ‎עַל‎ 2Kgs 21:13 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ figurative of destruction), compare Isa 34:11; Lam 2:8 line, of artisan's measurements (absolute) Isa 44:13, and (with ‎עַל‎) Job 38:5.
c. = offer, only ‎שָׁלוֺשׁ אֲנִי נֹטֶה עָלֶיךָ‎ 1Chr 21:10 three things do I offer unto thee (so read probably also || 2Sam 24:12, see ‎נטל‎).

2. Spread out, i.e. pitch, tent Gen 12:8; Gen 26:25; Gen 35:21 (all J), Gen 33:19 (E), Judg 4:11, compare Jer 43:10 figurative of establishing people Jer 10:20 of sacred tent Exod 33:7 (JE), 2Sam 6:17 = 1Chr 16:1; 1Chr 15:1; 2Chr 1:14 object heavens (spread out by ‎׳‎‎י‎ as tent) Jer 10:12 + 9 t., compare Job 26:7 object likeness of firmament in Ezekiel's vision Ezek 1:22.

3. Bend, turn, incline:
a. intransitive, of wady Num 21:15 (J E; with ‎לְ‎); turn aside, of Balaam's ass Num 22:23 (‎מִןהַֿדֶּרֶךְ‎), vNum 22:33 (‎מִפָּנַי‎), compare vNum 22:33 (‎לְפָנַי‎); with adverb accusative Num 22:26, so of Israel Num 20:17, and (with ‎מֵעָלָיו‎) vNum 20:21 with ‎ב‎ into, Num 21:22 of individual 2Sam 2:19 (‎לָלֶכֶת עַל‎), v2Sam 2:21 (‎עַל‎), Jer 14:8 (c. infinitive); compare Gen 38:1 (‎עַד‎), vGen 38:16 (‎אֶלֿ‎); figurative of deviating from path of loyalty 1Kgs 2:28 (with ‎אַחֲרֵי‎), compare Judg 9:3 (of heart), or of righteousness Exod 23:2 [yet on text compare Bu^{ZAW xi (1891), 113} Ry^{on the passage}], 1Sam 8:3 (all with ‎אַחֲרֵי‎); with ‎מִן‎ Job 31:7; Ps 44:19*, compare Prov 4:5 and (c. adverb accusative) vProv 4:27 ‎׳‎‎מֵעִם י‎ 1Kgs 11:9 (of heart), compare Ps 119:51; Ps 119:157 incline, (of heart), with ‎לְ‎ 1Sam 14:7 (read ‎לְבָֽבְךָ נָטָה‎ or ‎נֹטֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Th We Dr Klo Bu HPS Löhr); decline, of shadow on dial 2Kgs 20:10 (|| ‎הָלַךְ‎, opposed to ‎שׁוּב אֲחֹרַנִּית‎), figurative of failing life Ps 102:12*; Ps 109:23 of day Judg 19:8 + vJudg 19:9 (text emendations, see GFM); bend down, ‎יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ‎ Job 15:29, ‎לִנְטוֺת בָּאָרֶץ‎ Ps 17:11 (both dubious, see Commentaries); apparently ‎וַיֵּט בְּכֹחַ‎ Judg 16:30 and he bowed with all his might (after ‎וַיִּלְפֹּת‎, ‎וַיִּסָּמֵךְ‎; al. stretched himself i.e. gave a thrust, Be GFM, but verb less often intransitive in this sense); of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎וַיֵּט אֵלַי‎ Ps 40:2* and he inclined unto me, — ‎וַתֵּט הַמִּלְחָמָה‎ is read 1Sam 4:2 by ᵐ5 Dr Klo Bu, compare ‎נָטַשׁ‎
b. less often transitive, bend, bow, ‎וַיֵּט שִׁכְמוֺ לִסְבֹּל‎ Gen 49:15 (Issachar under figure of ass); ‎קְיר נָטוּי‎ Ps 62:4* (simile of fate of wicked; || ‎גָּדֵר הַדְּחוּיָה‎); here belongs also probably ‎וַאֲנִי כִּמְעַט נָטוּי רַגְלָ֑י‎ Ps 73:2 (Kt) and I was almost prostrated as to my feet (i.e. by stumbling; Qr ‎נָטָיוּ‎ Perfect 3 masculine plural but needless, compare Bae; || ‎כְּאַיִן שֻׁפְּכֻה אֲשֻׁרָֽי ׃‎); ‎לִבִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Ps 119:112 I have inclined my heart (c. infinitive); of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎וַיֵּט שָׁמַיִם וַיֵּרַד֑‎ 2Sam 22:10 = Ps 18:10* also figurative, hold out, extend unto, of ‎׳‎‎י‎, object ‎חֶסֶד‎ Gen 39:21 (J), ‎שָׁלוֺם‎ etc., Isa 66:12 (both with ‎אֶלֿ‎); of men ‎רָעָח‎ Ps 21:12* (‎עַל‎). Niph`al be stretched out; — Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎נִטָּ֫יוּ‎ Num 24:6 (J E; compare II. ‎נַחַל‎); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִנָּטֶה עַלֿ‎ Zech 1:16 (of measuring line, for building); stretch themselves out, i.e. grow long, 3 masculine plural ‎יִנָּטוּ‎ Jer 6:4 (of shadows, || ‎פָּנָה הַיּוֺם‎). Hiph`il₇₅ Perfect ‎הִטָּה‎ Ezra 7:28; Ps 116:2, suffix ‎הִטָּ֫הוּ‎ 3 feminine singular suffix ‎הִטַּ֫תּוּ‎ Prov 7:21 1 singular ‎הִטִּיתִי‎ Prov 5:13 3 plural ‎הִטּוּ‎ Amos 5:12 + 8 t.; 2 masculine plural ‎הִטִּיתֶם‎ Jer 25:4; Jer 35:15 Imperfect ‎יַטֶּה‎ Isa 31:3, ‎וַיַּט‎ 2Sam 9:15; 2 masculine singular ‎תַּמֶּה‎ Exod 23:6 + 3 t., jussive ‎תַּט‎ Ps 27:9; Ps 141:4 1 singular ‎אַטֶּה‎ Jer 6:12; Ps 49:5*, ‎אָ֑ט‎ Job 23:11, ‎וְאַט‎ Hos 11:4, but read perhaps ‎וָאַט‎ (compare Now) as Jer 15:6 etc.; Imperative ‎הַטֵּה‎ 2Kgs 19:16 + 7 t., ‎הַט‎ Ps 17:6 + 5 t. Psalms, Proverbs; feminine singular ‎הַטִּי‎ Gen 24:14; Ps 45:11* masculine plural ‎הַטּוּ‎ Josh 24:23 + 3 t.; Infinitive construct ‎לְהַטּוֺת‎ Isa 10:8 + 4 t., ‎לְהַטֹּת‎ Exod 23:2 suffix ‎לְהַטּוֺתָהּ‎ Num 22:23 Participle ‎מַטֶּה‎ Deut 27:19 masculine plural ‎מַטִּים‎ Ps 125:5, construct ‎מַטֵּי‎ Mal 3:5 —

1. rarely stretch out (as Qal 1), hand Isa 31:3 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎ in hostility), with ‎עַל‎ Jer 6:12; Jer 15:6.

2. rarely spread out cloth on (‎אֶל‎) rock 2Sam 21:10 as Qal 2: tent 2Sam 16:22 (+ ‎ל‎ person), tent-curtains (figurative of growth) Isa 54:2.

3. usually turn, incline, with accusative, in many senses:
a. literally turn ass into (accusative) road Num 22:23 (JE); take aside 2Sam 3:27 (accusative of person + ‎אֶלֿ‎), 2Sam 6:10 (accusative of thing + accusative = to) = 1Chr 13:13 (‎אֶלֿ‎); incline, turn jar of water Gen 24:14 (J; to give drink); intransitive only ‎יַטּוּ עַלֿ‎ Amos 2:8 on garments taken in pledge they recline, and ‎הַטּוּ מִנֵּיאֹֿרַח‎ Isa 30:11 turn aside, out of the path (i.e. do not interfere with us; || ‎סוּרוּ מִנֵּידֶֿרֶךְ‎).
b. figurative, ‎הַמַּטִּים עֲקַלְקַלּוֺתָם‎ Ps 125:5 those turning aside their crooked (ways), i.e. making their ways crooked; compare (negative) Job 23:11.
c. turn, = influence, heart 2Sam 19:15* turn (away) heart (cause to apostatize) 1Kgs 11:2; 1Kgs 11:4 (with ‎אַחֲרֵי‎), v1Kgs 11:3 (absolute); ‎לֵב‎ subject, with accusative of person Isa 44:20 compare Job 36:18 (accusative of person); of persuasion, with accusative of person Prov 7:21 (|| ‎תַּדִּיחֶנּוּ‎).
d. incline one's own heart unto (‎אֶל‎) God and his commands, Josh 24:23 (E), compare Prov 2:2 (‎ל‎); subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, 1Kgs 8:58; Ps 119:36, with ‎עַלֿ‎ Prov 21:1 negative (with ‎ל‎) Ps 141:4.
e. especially incline the ear, of men (in obedience to God), usually || ‎שָׁמַע‎: absolute Jer 7:24 + 6 t. Jeremiah (all negative), so Jer 25:4; Jer 44:5 (+ infinitive), Isa 55:3 to inspired teacher Prov 4:20 (|| ‎הִקְשִׁיב‎), Prov 5:1 (|| id.) vProv 5:13 (all with ‎ל‎), Prov 22:17; Ps 45:11*; Ps 78:1 (‎הַאֲזִינָה‎); to receive revelation Ps 49:5* of God, listening to men, sometimes || ‎שָׁמַע‎: 2Kgs 19:16 = Isa 37:17; Dan 9:18, with ‎ל‎ Ps 17:6 also (with ‎אֶלֿ‎ Ps 31:3*; Ps 71:2; Ps 102:3*, with ‎לְ‎ Ps 88:3*; Ps 116:2, absolute Ps 86:1 once ‎וְאַט אֵלָיו‎ Hos 11:4 and I used to incline etc. (either rare intransitive, or object omitted, e.g. ‎אָזְנִי‎ read perhaps ‎וָאַט‎ (‎וָאֵט‎ ?) and I inclined, after ‎וָאָהְיֶה‎). feminine bend down heavens, of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (compare Qal 3 b), Ps 144:5 = hold out, extend unto (from above, ‎עַל‎) Ezra 7:28; Ezra 9:9 (object ‎חֶסֶד‎).
g. thrust aside, especially with accusative ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ of perverting or wresting justice: Exod 23:6 (E), 1Sam 8:3; Deut 16:19; Deut 24:17; Deut 27:19; Lam 3:35, compare Amos 2:7 ‎לְהַטּוֺת אָרְחוֺת מִשְׁפָּט‎ Prov 17:23 also with accusative of person ‎לְהַטּוֺת מִדִּין דַּלִּים‎ Isa 10:2; Amos 5:12; Isa 29:21; Mal 3:5, ‎יַטּוּ אֶבְיֹנִים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ‎ Job 24:4, ‎לְהַטּוֺת‎ ‎צַדִּיק בַּמִּשְׁפָּט‎ Prov 18:5 here belongs probably ‎לְהַטֹּת‎ Exod 23:2 (E; absolute), perhaps insert ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ (compare Bu^{ZAW xi. (1891), 113} Ry^{on the passage}).
h. thrust away, of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎אַלתַּֿט בְּאַף עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ps 27:9 compare ‎עֲוֺנוֺתֵיכֶם הִטּוּאֵֿלֶּה‎ Jer 5:25 your iniquities have thrust away (deprived you of) these (harvests).

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