Lexical Definition

‎נָטַל‎ nâṭal (naw-tal') to lift ^H:V
a primitive root

bear, offer, take up.

• to lift
• by implication, to impose

1) to lift, bear, bear up
1a) (Qal) to lift, lift over, lift upon, set up
1b) (Piel) to bear up

See Greek: αἴρω · ἀναλαμβάνω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.tal (‎נ‎ְ‎ט‎ַ‎ל‎ "to lift" נְטַל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: נְטַל
‎נָטַל‎ verb lift, bear (rare synonym of ‎נָשָׂא‎ Biblical Aramaic ᵑ7 ‎נְטַל‎ lift; hence specifically, Syriac sustulit (aquam), further, be heavy; also borrowed and denominative forms in Arabic and Late Hebrew, compare Frä^{65 f.}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Lam 3:28 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִטּוֺל‎ Isa 40:15 Participle active ‎נוֺטֵל‎ 2Sam 24:12 — lift, with accusative Isa 40:15 (figurative subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); lift over thee (‎על‎) i.e. offer 2Sam 24:12, but read ‎נוֺטֶה‎ (as || 1Chr 21:10) We Bu HPS; lift (and lay) upon (‎עַל‎) Lam 3:28. Pi`el Imperfect suffix ‎וַיְנַטְּלֵם‎ Isa 63:9 and he bare them, figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ bearing his people (|| ‎וַיְגַשֵּׁאֵם‎).

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