נָתַק

Strong’s Definition

to tear off

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to pull or tear or draw off or away or apart, draw out, pluck up, break, lift, root out
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(hiphil)
• 6.(hophal) to be drawn away

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nâthaq; Pronunciation: naw-thak'