The meaning of “נָטַשׁ”
Understanding nâṭash reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suf...
נָטַשׁ
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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 31:28 | “And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.” Word: נָטַשׁ (nâṭash) | |
| Deuteronomy 32:15 | “But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.” Word: נָטַשׁ (nâṭash) | |
| 2 Samuel 5:22 | “And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.” Word: נָטַשׁ (nâṭash) | |
| Nehemiah 10:31 | “And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.” Word: נָטַשׁ (nâṭash) | |
| Isaiah 21:15 | “For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.” Word: נָטַשׁ (nâṭash) |