H5425A

נָתַר

na.tarH:V

to start

1) to start up, tremble, shake, spring up 1a) (Qal) to start up 1b) (Piel) to leap 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to start up

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [נָתַר] verb spring or start up; —

Qal Imperfect וְיִתַּר מִמְּקוֺמוֺ Job 37:1 yea, it (the heart) starts up from its place (|| יֶחֱרַד). Pi`el Infinitive לְנַתֵּר בָּהֵן עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Lev 11:21 (P), to leap with them (i.e. its legs) upon the earth (of locust). Hiph`il Imperfect וַיַּתֵּר גּוֺיִם Hab 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 Imperfect 3 masculine singular jussive יַתֵּר Job 6:9 suffix וַיַּתִּירֵהוּ Ps 105:20 Infinitive absolute הַתֵּר Isa 58:6 Participle מַתִּיר Ps 146:7 —

1. unfasten, loosen, with accusative of thing; thongs of yoke Isa 58:6 (|| פַּתֵּחַ, תְּנַתֵּ֑קוּ).

2. set free, unbind with accusative of person, prisoners Ps 105:20 (|| וַיְפַתְּחֵהוּ), Ps 146:7 figurative יַתֵּר יָדוֺ Job 6:9 that he would let loose his hand and cut me off, — וַיַּתֵּר 2Sam 22:33 was possibly connected by Masoretes with תּוּר (see Commentaries), but read וַיִּתֵּן (as || Ps 18:33).

3 occurrences

Leviticus (1), Job (1), Habakkuk (1)