King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5425
Transliteration: nathar
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-thar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spring or start up
Meaning: to jump, be violently agitated, to terrify, shake off, untie
Word Summary
nathar: to spring or start up
Original Word: נָתַרTransliteration: nathar
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-thar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spring or start up
Meaning: to jump, be violently agitated, to terrify, shake off, untie
Strong's Concordance
drive asunder, leap, let loose, make, move, undo A primitive root; to jump, i.e. Be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie -- drive asunder, leap, (let) loose, X make, move, undo.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5425. nathar
I. [נָתַר] verb spring or start up; —
Qal Imperfect מִמְּקוֺמוֺ וְיִתַּר Job 37:1 yea, it (the heart) starts up from its place ("" יֶחֱרַד).
Pi`el Infinitive עַלהָֿאָרֶץ בָּהֵן לְנַתֵּר Leviticus 11:21 (P), to leap with them (i.e. its legs) upon the earth (of locust).
Hiph`il Imperfect גּוֺיִם וַיַּתֵּר Habakkuk 3:6 he (׳י) looked, and made nations start up.
II. [נָתַר] verb be free, loose (? usually placed below I., but connection not obvious; compare also Late Hebrew Niph`al free oneself, Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps compare Arabic rend a garment, break string (of bow), etc.); —
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular jussive יַתֵּר Job 6:9 suffix וַיַּתִּירֵהוּ Psalm 105:20; Infinitive absolute הַתֵּר Isaiah 58:6; Participle מַתִּיר Psalm 146:7; —
1 unfasten, loosen, with accusative of thing; thongs of yoke Isaiah 58:6 ("" תְּנַתֵּ֑קוּ מַּתֵּחַ,).
2 set free, unbind with accusative of person, prisoners Psalm 105:20 ("" וַיְפַתְּחֵהוּ), 146:7; figurative יָדוֺ יַתֵּר Job 6:9 that he would let loose his hand and cut me off, — וַיַּתֵּר 2 Samuel 22:33 was possibly connected by Masoretes with תּוּר (see Commentaries), but read וַיִּתֵּן (as "" Psalm 18:33).