Lexical Definition

‎נָתַץ‎ nâthats (naw-thats') to tear ^H:V
a primitive root

beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.

• to tear down

1) to pull down, break down, cast down, throw down, beat down, destroy, overthrow, break out (teeth)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pull down
1a2) to break down, break off
1b) (Niphal) to be pulled or broken down
1c) (Piel) to tear down
1d) (Pual) to be torn down
1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be broken down

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָתַץ‎ verb pull down, break down (Late Hebrew Hoph`al, and derivatives; compare perhaps Ethiopic (with transposition and weakening of sibilant), destruere, demoliri, excidere Di⁶³⁴); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Judg 6:30 +, 3 plural ‎נָָֽתְצוּ‎ 2Kgs 25:10; Jer 52:14, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִתֹּץ‎ Ezek 26:9 + vEzek 26:12 (Co, for ᵑ0 ‎יִתְּצוּ‎); ‎וַיִּתֹּץ‎ Judg 9:45; 2Kgs 23:7 suffix ‎יִתְּצֵנִי‎ Job 19:10, ‎יִתָּצְךָ‎ Ps 52:7* 1 singular ‎אֶתֹּץ‎ Judg 8:9 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּתְּצוּ‎ 2Kgs 10:27 (twice in verse); 2 masculine plural ‎תִּתֹּ֑צוּ‎ Deut 7:5, ‎תִּתֹּצ֑וּן‎ Exod 34:13; Judg 2:2 ‎וַתִּתְֿצוּ‎ Isa 22:2, etc.; Imperative ‎נְתֹץ‎ Ps 58:7* Infinitive construct ‎לִנְתֿוֺץ‎ Jer 1:10; Jer 18:7, ‎לִנְתֹֿץ‎ Jer 31:28 (on ‎תֿ‎ see Ges^{«GKC:45g»§ 45g}); Passive participle plural ‎הַנְּתֻצִים‎ Jer 33:4 —

1. literally pull down a structure (accusative): altar Judg 2:2; Judg 6:30; Judg 6:31; Judg 6:32; Exod 34:13 (J), Deut 7:5; 2Kgs 23:12 high place (‎במה‎) v2Kgs 23:8, ‎בָּמָה‎ + ‎מִזְבֵּחַ‎ v2Kgs 23:15 ‎מַצֵּבָה‎ 2Kgs 10:27 ‎בֵּית הַבַּעַל‎ v2Kgs 10:27; 2Kgs 11:18 = 2Chr 23:17, compare 2Kgs 23:7 a tower Judg 8:9; Judg 8:17, compare Ezek 26:9 (‎בְּחַרְבוֺתָיו‎); (any) house Isa 22:10; Ezek 26:12; Lev 14:45, so ‎הַנְּחֻצִים‎ Jer 33:4 (strangely + ‎אֶל‎, compare Gf Gie); city-wall Jer 39:8; 2Kgs 25:10 = Jer 52:14 city Judg 9:45.

2. figurative:
a. pull down a nation, break its power, ‎וּלְהַאֲבִיד‎ ‎׳‎‎וְלִנְתוֺשׁ וְלִנ‎ (‎וְלַהֲרוֺס‎) (object not expressed) Jer 1:10 (so ), = Jer 18:7, compare Jer 31:18.
b. an individual, subject God, ‎יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב‎ Job 19:10, ‎יִתָּצְךָ‎ Ps 52:7*.
c. jaw-teeth of lions (metaphor) Ps 58:7* (break down, break off, so only here, but see ‎נָתַע‎). Niph`al be pulled, broken, down: Perfect 3 plural ‎׳‎‎נִתְּצוּ מִפְּנֵי י‎ Jer 4:26 (of cities), so ‎מִמֶּנּוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Nah 1:6 (of rocks). Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִתַּץ‎ 2Chr 33:3 3 plural ‎וְנִתְּצוּ‎ Ezek 16:39 (consecutive); 2 masculine plural ‎וְנִתַּצְתֶּם‎ Deut 12:3 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיְנַתֵּץ‎ 2Chr 34:7 3 masculine plural ‎וַיְנַתְּצוּ‎ 2Chr 31:1 + 2 t.; — tear down (chiefly late): with accusative altars Deut 12:3, + ‎בָּמוֺת‎ 2Chr 31:1, + ‎הַחַמָּנִים‎, etc., 2Chr 34:4, + ‎אֲשֵׁרִים‎ v2Chr 34:7 ‎בָּמוֺת‎ alone 2Chr 33:3, ‎רָמֹתַיִךְ‎ Ezek 16:39 city wall 2Chr 36:19. Pu`al be torn down: Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נֻתַּץ‎ Judg 6:28 (of altar + ‎אֲשֵׁרָה‎). Hoph`al (or Qal passive Ges^{«GKC:53u»§ 53u}) be broken down, broken, only Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎ייֻתָּ֑ץ‎ Lev 11:35 (of ‎תַּנּוּר‎, see Dr-Wh^Hpt, and ‎כִּירַיִם‎, see above).

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