Lexical Definition

‎נָטַשׁ‎ nâṭash (naw-tash') to leave ^H:V
a primitive root

cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.

• properly, to pound, i.e. smite
• by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse
• also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)

1) to leave, permit, forsake, cast off or away, reject, suffer, join, spread out or abroad, be loosed, cease, abandon, quit, hang loose, cast down, make a raid, lie fallow, let fall, forgo, draw
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to leave, let alone, lie fallow, entrust to
1a2) to forsake, abandon
1a3) to permit
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be forsaken
1b2) to be loosened, be loose
1b3) to be let go, spread abroad
1c) (Pual) to be abandoned, be deserted

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָטַשׁ‎ verb leave, forsake, permit (ᵑ7 forsake; draw off skin of dead animal; Arabic = abstinens ab impuro according to †am (Frey)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 1Sam 10:2, suffix 1 plural ‎נְטָשָׁ֫נוּ‎ Judg 6:13 2 masculine singular ‎נָטַשְׁתָּ‎ 1Sam 17:28, ‎נָטַשְׁתָּה‎ Isa 2:6, suffix ‎נְטַשְׁתַּ֫נִי‎ Gen 31:28, ‎וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּ‎ consecutive Exod 23:11, etc.; Imperfect ‎יִטּשׁ‎ 1Sam 12:22; Ps 94:14, ‎יִטּוֺשׁ‎ Hos 12:15*, suffix 1 plural ‎יִטְּשֵׁנוּ‎ 1Kgs 8:57 1 plural ‎נִטּשׁ‎ Neh 10:32*, etc.; Imperative ‎נְטוֺשׁ‎ Prov 17:14 Passive participle feminine ‎נְטוּשָׁה‎ Isa 21:15 masculine plural ‎נְטֻשִׁים‎ 1Sam 30:16 —

1. leave, let alone Exod 23:11 (E; = let field lie fallow, || ‎שָׁמַט‎), compare ‎וְנִטּשׁ אֶתהַֿשָּׁנָה‎ ‎הַשְּׁכִיעִיתּ וּמַשָּׁא כָליָֿ֑ד‎ Neh 10:32* (i.e. leave field fallow and debts unclaimed); object quails, let them lie, (‎עַל‎ location) Num 11:31 (JE), of Amalekites ‎נְטֻשִׁים עַלפְּֿנֵי פָלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ 1Sam 30:16 left to themselves over all the land; ‎וְדָמָיו עָלָיו יִטּוֺשׁ‎ Hos 12:15* and his mortal guilt shall he leave upon him; leave in charge of, entrust to (‎עַל‎ person): sheep 1Sam 17:20; 1Sam 17:28 baggage v1Sam 17:22.

2. usually forsake, abandon, ‎דִּבְרֵי הָאֲחֹנוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 1Sam 10:2 thy father hath abandoned the matter of the asses (ceased to be concerned about them); ‎הָרִיב נְטוֺשׁ‎ Prov 17:14 abandon contention; often subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ with accusative of person Judg 6:13; Isa 2:6; 1Sam 12:22; 1Kgs 8:57 (|| ‎עָזַב‎) 2Kgs 21:14; Jer 7:29; Jer 12:7 (|| ‎עָזַב‎), Jer 23:33; Jer 23:39; Ps 27:9 (|| ‎עָזַב‎), Ps 94:14 (|| id.); of ‎׳‎‎י‎ leaving Phar. forsaken (on ground, compare Niph`al 1) Ezek 29:5 (+ ‎ה‎ locative), Ezek 32:4 (+ ‎ב‎ location); abandoning the sanctuary at Shiloh Ps 78:60 of men forsaking God Deut 32:15 (poem), Jer 15:6 compare ‎אַלחִֿטּשׁ תּוֺרַת אִמֶּ֑ךָ‎ Prov 1:8; Prov 6:20 of men abandoning king (under figure of cedar) Ezek 31:12 (twice in verse).

3. permit, only ‎וְלֹא נְטַשְׁתַּנִי לְנַשֵּׁק‎ ‎׳‎‎לְבָנַי וגו‎ Gen 31:28 (E) and hast not permitted me to kiss my sons, etc. — For ‎וַתִּטּשׁ הַמִּלְחָמָה‎ 1Sam 4:2 read probably ‎וַתֵּט‎ (ᵐ5 ἔκλινεν) Dr Klo Bu, or < ‎(קשׁה) וַתִּקֶשׁ‎ grew fierce HPS (Löhr proposes ‎תִּנָּטֵשׁ‎ compare Judg 15:9 etc.). For ‎חֶרֶב נְטוּטָה‎ Isa 21:15 (|| ‎קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה‎) read perhaps ‎לְטוּשָׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎. Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נִטְּשָׁה‎ Amos 5:2 3 plural ‎נִטְּשׁוּ‎ Isa 16:8; Isa 33:23 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּנָָּֽטְשׁוּ‎ Judg 15:9 + 2 t.; —

1. be forsaken, Amos 5:2 she (Israel) lieth forsaken (‎עַל‎ location).

2. be loosened or loose (properly be let alone, left to hang down) of ship's tackle Isa 33:23.

3. be let go, spread abroad, of warriors, Judg 15:19; 2Sam 5:18; 2Sam 5:22 (all with ‎ב‎ location, for purpose of plunder); of tendrils of vine Isa 16:8 (figurative of Moab). Pu`al Perfect only ‎אַדְמוֺן נֻטָּ֑שׁ‎ Isa 32:14 palaces are abandoned, deserted (|| ‎הֲמוֺן עִיר עֻזָּ֑ב‎).

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