נָטָה

na.tah · to stretch

Hebrew · Strong's H5186 · Verb · Sounds like: naw-taw' · 214 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
נָטָה 215 vb. stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
Qal
1.
a. stretch out, extend, hand, rod
b. stretch line and plummet
c. = offer
2. Spread out, i.e. pitch, tent
3. Bend, turn, incline
Niph. be stretched out
Hiph.
1. rarely stretch out, hand
2. rarely spread out cloth on rock
3. usu. turn, incline

Every occurrence

  1. Exodus 10:21 נְטֵ֤ה ne.Teh · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

  2. Exodus 10:22 וַיֵּ֥ט vai.Yet · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

  3. Exodus 14:16 וּנְטֵ֧ה u.ne.Teh · A command to you: simple action

    And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.

  4. Exodus 14:21 וַיֵּ֨ט vai.Yet · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

  5. Exodus 14:26 נְטֵ֥ה ne.Teh · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

  6. Exodus 14:27 וַיֵּט֩ vai.Yet · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

  7. Exodus 15:12 נָטִ֙יתָ֙ na.Ti.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

  8. Exodus 23:2 לִנְטֹ֛ת lin.Tot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

  9. Exodus 23:2 לְהַטֹּֽת׃ le.ha.Tot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

  10. Exodus 23:6 תַטֶּ֛ה ta.Teh · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

  11. Exodus 33:7 וְנָֽטָה־ ve.na.tah- · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.

  12. Numbers 20:17 נִטֶּה֙ ni.Teh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.

  13. Numbers 20:21 וַיֵּ֥ט vai.Yet · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

  14. Numbers 21:15 נָטָ֖ה na.Tah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.

  15. Numbers 21:22 נִטֶּה֙ ni.Teh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed thy border.

  16. Numbers 22:23 וַתֵּ֤ט va.Tet · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

  17. Numbers 22:23 לְהַטֹּתָ֖הּ le.ha.to.Tah · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

  18. Numbers 22:26 לִנְט֖וֹת lin.Tot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the angel of Jehovah went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

  19. Numbers 22:33 וַתֵּ֣ט va.Tet · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.

  20. Numbers 22:33 נָטְתָ֣ה na.te.Tah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.

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