Lexical Definition

‎נָתַח‎ nâthach (naw-thakh') to cut ^H:V
a primitive root

cut (in pieces), divide, hew in pieces.

• to dismember

1) to cut, cut up, cut in pieces, divide
1a) (Piel) to cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints

See Greek: διαιρέω · διχοτομέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָתַח‎ verb only Pi`el cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints (Dr<sup>18 11, 7</sup>; Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; rare); —

Pi`el Perfect ‎נִתַּח‎ Lev 8:20, ‎וְנִתַּח‎ consecutive Lev 1:6; Lev 1:12 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיְנַתַּח‎ 1Kgs 18:33, suffix ‎וַיְנַתְּחֵ֫הוּ‎ 1Sam 11:7, ‎וַיְנַתְּחֶ֫הָ‎ Judg 19:29, etc.; — cut up, in pieces, with accusative of animals 1Sam 11:7, of woman Judg 20:6 (all these to be sent about as token for assembling warriors; on significance of the practice compare RS^{Sem i. 383; 2nd ed. 402}); elsewhere usually + ‎לִנְתָחִים‎, cut up into pieces, of woman Judg 19:29 of sacrificial animals 1Kgs 18:23; 1Kgs 18:33 (accusative only), Exod 29:17; Lev 1:6; Lev 1:12; Lev 8:20 (all P).

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