נָתַן
to give
also: put, set fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘give’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be given to’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”). Here: ‘be given’
- Qal Passive
- An archaic passive of the Qal, preserved in a few forms.
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H5414 appears in the Book of Nehemiah — 36 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 1:11 וּ/תְנֵ֣/הוּ conj + Qal impv 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Lord, I beg you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cup bearer to the king.
- Nehemiah 2:1 וָ/אֶתְּנָ֣/ה conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx h It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [before] sad in his presence.
- Nehemiah 2:6 וָֽ/אֶתְּנָ֥/ה conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx h The king said to me (the queen also sitting by him), For how long shall your journey be? and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
- Nehemiah 2:7 יִתְּנוּ Qal impf 3mp Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
- Nehemiah 2:8 יִתֶּן וַ/יִּתֶּן Qal impf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. The king granted me, according to the good hand of my God on me.
- Nehemiah 2:9 וָ/אֶתְּנָ֣/ה conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx h Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
- Nehemiah 2:12 נֹתֵ֣ן Qal ptcp.act ms I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
- Nehemiah 4:4 וּ/תְנֵ֥/ם conj + Qal impv 2ms + sfx pers 3mp Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
- Nehemiah 5:7 וָ/אֶתֵּ֥ן conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. I held a great assembly against them.
- Nehemiah 7:5 וַ/יִּתֵּ֤ן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:
- Nehemiah 7:70 נָתְנ֖וּ נָתַ֣ן Qal pf 3cp Qal pf 3ms Some from among the heads of fathers' [houses] gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests' garments.
- Nehemiah 7:71 נָֽתְנוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp Some of the heads of fathers' [houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
- Nehemiah 7:72 נָתְנוּ֮ Qal pf 3cp That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.
- Nehemiah 9:8 לָ/תֵ֡ת לָ/תֵ֣ת prep + Qal inf.cs prep + Qal inf.cs and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.
- Nehemiah 9:10 וַ֠/תִּתֵּן conj + Qal wimpf 2ms and shown signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and did get you a name, as it is this day.
- Nehemiah 9:13 וַ/תִּתֵּ֨ן conj + Qal wimpf 2ms You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- Nehemiah 9:15 נָתַ֤תָּה לָ/תֵ֥ת Qal pf 2ms prep + Qal inf.cs and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
- Nehemiah 9:17 וַ/יִּתְּנוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.
- Nehemiah 9:20 נָתַ֖תָּ נָתַ֥תָּה Qal pf 2ms Qal pf 2ms You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn't withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
- Nehemiah 9:22 וַ/תִּתֵּ֨ן conj + Qal wimpf 2ms Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you did allot after their portions: so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
- Nehemiah 9:24 וַֽ/תִּתְּנֵ֖/ם conj + Qal wimpf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- Nehemiah 9:27 וַֽ/תִּתְּנֵ/ם֙ תִּתֵּ֤ן conj + Qal wimpf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp Qal impf 2ms Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
- Nehemiah 9:29 וַ/יִּתְּנ֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
- Nehemiah 9:30 וַֽ/תִּתְּנֵ֔/ם conj + Qal wimpf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp Yet many years did you bear with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gave you them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
- Nehemiah 9:35 נָתַ֣תָּ נָתַ֥תָּ Qal pf 2ms Qal pf 2ms For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and fat land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
- Nehemiah 9:36 נָתַ֣תָּה Qal pf 2ms Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it.
- Nehemiah 9:37 נָתַ֥תָּה Qal pf 2ms It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
- Nehemiah 10:29 נִתְּנָ֔ה Niphal pf 3fs They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- Nehemiah 10:30 נִתֵּ֥ן Qal impf 1cp and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
- Nehemiah 10:32 לָ/תֵ֥ת prep + Qal inf.cs Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
- Nehemiah 12:47 נֹֽתְנִ֛ים Qal ptcp.act mp All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart [that which was] for the Levites; and the Levites set apart [that which was] for the sons of Aaron.
- Nehemiah 13:4 נָת֖וּן Qal ptcp.pass ms Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
- Nehemiah 13:5 נֹ֠תְנִים Qal ptcp.act mp had prepared for him a great chamber, where before they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests.
- Nehemiah 13:10 נִתָּ֑נָה Niphal pf 3fs I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, were fled everyone to his field.
- Nehemiah 13:25 תִּתְּנ֤וּ Qal impf 2mp I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
- Nehemiah 13:26 וַ/יִּתְּנֵ֣/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
נתן (nâthan) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “to give.” One archaism survives in the King James Version — “giveth” — where modern Bibles read “give”; see the renderings breakdown. With 1,816 verses in 38 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 1:17. The verb spans 3 stems, from Qal to Niphal. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5414 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,816
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,816 distinct verses.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #22
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 22 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1,816 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Ezekiel 189 verses 10%
- Deuteronomy 165 verses 9%
- Jeremiah 137 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,816 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 803 verses · 44%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 576 verses · 32%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 437 verses · 24%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Give 166×, Gave 144×, Put 83×
- American Standard Version: Give 144×, Gave 125×, Put 79×
- Berean Standard Bible: Give 115×, Gave 92×, I will give 61×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Give 226×, Gave 132×, And 115×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5414 across 2,007 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 457 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5414 across 2,006 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 446 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5414 across 1,958 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 566 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 54 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5414 across 2,279 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 299 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
60 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 60 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. נ׳ Gn 24:53 +; 2 ms. נָתַ֫תָּ Ju 15:18 +, נָתַ֫תָּה Gn 3:12 +, תַּתָּה 2 S 22:41 (defended as vulg. form with aphaer. of נ׳ by Th Ges Lgb. 139 Ew§ 195 b Köi. 300 De ψ 18:41 al.; נָתַתָּה (so ‖ ψ 18:41) Ol§ 89 Sta§ 127 b Ges§ 19 i (hesitantly), Klo Bu Löhr HPS, cf. Hup-Now ψ 18:41); 2 fs. נָתַתְּ Ez 16:33, 36, נָתַתְּי v 18, sf. נְתַתִּיהוּ v 19; 1 s. נָתַ֫תִּי Ju 1:2 +, etc.; Impf. יִתֵּן Gn 43:14 +, וַיִּתֵּן 15:10 +; sf. 3 ms. יִתְּנֶ֫נּוּ Lv 5:24 Ec 2:21; 1 s. אֶתֵּן Gn 12:7 +; 1 pl. נִתֵּן 34:21 +, נִתַּן־ Ju 16:5, etc.; Imv. ms. תֵּן 2 K 4:42 +, תֶּן־ Gn 14:21, תְּנָה 1 S 2:15 +, sf. תְּנֵ֫הוּ Ne 1:11 1 Ch 21:22, תְּנֶנָּה 1 S 21:10; fs. תְּנִי Gn 30:14 +, תֵּ֑נִי Is 43:6; mpl. תְּנוּ Gn 34:8 +; Inf. abs. נָתוֹן Dt 15:10 +, נָתֹן Nu 21:2 +; cstr. נְתֹן 20:21, נְתָן־ Gn 38:9, לְתִתֵּן 1 K 6:19 (but read לָתֵת so Ol§ 224 d Ges§ 66 i Benz), תתן also 17:14 Kt (Qr תֵּת)—> these forms retained by Ew§ 238 c Köi. 305;—תֵּת Gn 4:12 +, especially לָתֵת 15:7 +, לָתֵת־ Ju 21:18, לָתֶת־ Ex 5:21 (so Ginsb, van d. H. לָתֵת־, cf. also Ki in Köi. 304 f.) +; sf. תִּתִּי Gn 29:19 +, תִּתְּךָ Dt 15:10 +, etc.; Pt. נֹתֵן Ju 21:18 +, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 24:53
- 1. give:
- a. = give personally, deliver or hand to, c. acc. rei + ל pers. 1 S 10:4; 22:10 2 K 22:10 Lv 5:16 (P) 22:14 (H) Ru 4:7 + often; in trade Pr 31:24; אֶל־ pers. Gn 21:14 (E), Je 3:8 Lv 15:14 + often; explicitly נ׳ בְּיַד Dt 24:1, 3 (bill of divorce); c. acc. rei alone Ju 5:25. e.g. 1 Samuel 10:4
- b. = bestow upon, c. acc. rei + ל pers. Gn 24:53 (J) 20:16 (E) 1:29 (P) + often; an understanding heart 1 K 3:9, 12, blessing Dt 12:15, mercy 13:18, cf. Je 16:13; 42:12; strength Dt 8:18 ψ 68:36; the sabbath Ex 16:29 (J) Ez 20:12; = procure for (לְ) one 1 S 17:10 1 K 21:7; יִתֵּן לָכֶם רַחֲמִים לִפְנֵי Gn 43:14 (J) he will give you compassion in the eyes of the man (cf. also 2 b, 3 b); give persons 46:18, 25 (P); of Levites given to (לְ) Aaron and his sons Nu 3:9 cf. 8:19, to י׳ 8:16 cf. 18:6 (all P); especially of י׳’s giving land to Abr. and his descendants Gn 15:18; 26:4 (J) 17:8 (P) Ex 6:8 (P; + מוֹרָשָׁה) + often (pt. in this sense 37 times Dt.), + לִרִשְׁתָּהּ Dt 3:18 +; אַל־תִּתֵּן לַנָּשִׁים תֵילֶ֑ךָ Pr 31:3; + מִן of source נָתַתִּי מִמֶּנָּה לְךָ בֵּן Gn 17:16 (P); c. acc. alone ψ 61:6 Ec 12:7 (רוּחַ); give something to (ל) one for (ל) sthg., in some capacity, אֶת־כָּל־אֶחָיו נ׳ לוֹ לַעֲבָדִים Gn 27:37 +; prob. also נ׳ בְּבָרוּתִי רֹאשׁ ψ 69:22 they gave, as my food, gall (בְּ essentiae), cf. supr. בְּ 7 c, Hup-Nowad loc.; acc. + inf. נ׳־לִי לֶחֶם לֶאֱכֹל וּבֶגֶד לִלְבּשׁ Gn 28:20 (J), cf. Ex 16:15 (P), Ne 9:15, 20; לֹא נ׳ לָכֶם לֵב לָדַעַת וְעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת וְאָזְנַיִם לִשְׁמֹעַ Dt 29:3. e.g. Genesis 24:53
- c. give woman to (ל) man as (ל) wife, Gn 29:28 (E), 34:8, 12 (J), Jos 15:16, 17 (JE), = Ju 1:12, 13 +; without 2nd ל Gn 29:19(×2) (E), Gn 38:26 Ex 2:21 (J), Gn 34:9, 14, 16 (P), Ju 15:2, 6 +; c. acc. alone, Gn 29:26 (E), 1 S 25:44. e.g. Genesis 29:28
- d. of (gracious) bestowals of various kinds: give = grant, send rain, גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם Lv 26:4 (H), מְטַר־אַרְצְכֶם Dt 11:14, מָטָר עַל־אַרְצְךָ 1 K 8:36, etc.; also of sending plague of hail Ex 9:23 (E); send herbage (עֵשֶׂב) in (בְּ) your field for (לְ) your cattle Dt 11:15; grant a remnant to (לְ) Judah Je 40:11; וְנָתַתִּי לְךָ אֶת־נַפְשְׁךָ לְשָׁלָל 45:5 and I will grant thee thy life as spoil; grant revenge (acc.) to (לְ) the king on (מִן) Saul, etc. 2 S 4:8, cf. הָאֵל הַגֹּתֵן נְקָמוֹת לִי 2 S 22:48 = ψ 18:48; other gifts Ju 15:18 (בְּיַד), 1 S 1:11 (לְ), Ru 4:13. e.g. Leviticus 26:4
- e. grant a request, שְׁאֵלָה 1 S 1:17, 27 Est 5:3 ψ 106:15 (+ ל pers.), בַּקָּשָׁה Ezr 7:6, תַּאֲוָה Pr 10:24, (רָשָׁע) מַאֲוַיֵּי ψ 140:9, תִּקְוָה Jb 6:8, מִשְׁאֲלֹת לִבֶּ֑ךָ ψ 37:4, cf. יִתֵּן י׳ לָכֶם וּמְצֶאןָ מְנוּחָה Ru 1:9. e.g. 1 Samuel 1:17
- f. מִי יִתֵּן who will give or grant, in expressions of wish = O that (I had! etc.; = Assyrian mannu inamdin JägerBAS ii. 279), especially (9 times) Jb.: c. acc. מִי־יִתֵּן עֶרֶב Dt 28:67 cf. v 67, Jb 14:4 ψ 14:7 = 53:7, 55:7 Je 9:1; c. 2 acc. כָּל־עַם י׳ נְבִיאִים Nu 11:29 (JE), lit. who will make all י׳’s people prophets? cf. Je 8:23; c. acc. + כְּ, מִי יִתֶּנְךָ כְאָח לִי Ct 8:1, cf. Jb 29:2; c. acc. + בְּ, אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּיָדִי Ju 9:29 O that this people were in my charge! c. acc. + לְ Jb 31:35, lit. who will give to me (לִי) one hearing me? also מִי יִתְּנֵנִי Is 27:4 where sf. appar. = לִי; c. inf. מִי יִתֵּן מוּתֵנוּ Ex 16:3 (P), so 2 S 19:1, מִי יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר Jb 11:5; c. impf. תָּבוֹא שֶׁאֱלָתִי Jb 6:8 O that my request might come to pass! 14:13; 31:31; impf. + וְ 19:23(×2); c. pf. יָדַעְתִּי 23:3 O that I knew! (+ וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ); c. pf. consec. Dt 5:26†. e.g. Deuteronomy 28:67
- g. permit, c. acc. + inf., לֹא־נְתַתִּיךָ לִנְגֹּעַ אֵלֶיהָ Gn 20:6 (E), cf. 31:7 (E) Ex 3:19 (J) Nu 20:21; 21:23 (JE) + often; om. לְ Jb 9:18; c. ל pers. + inf. 2 Ch 20:10, also לֹא כֵן נ׳ לְךָ י׳ Dt 18:14 not thus hath י׳ permitted to thee; אִם־אֶתֵּן שְׁנָת לְעֵינָ֑י וגו׳ ψ 132:4 Pr 6:4; give thyself (לְ) no rest La 2:18, give him (לְ) no rest Is 62:6. e.g. Genesis 20:6
- h. = ascribe glory, etc. (acc.) to (לְ) God 1 S 6:5 Jb 36:3, especially imv. Je 13:16 Ezr 10:11 ψ 68:35 cf. 115:1 (so הָבוּ, v. יהב 4); to man 1 S 18:8(×2); unseemliness (תִּפְלָה) to God Jb 1:22. e.g. 1 Samuel 6:5
- i. = apply, devote heart to seek out, acc. + inf. Ec 1:13, 17; 8:9, 16 Dn 10:12, נ׳ לֵב לְ Ec 7:21 = attend to; conversely אֶת־כָּל־זֶה נָתַתִּי אֶל־לִבִּי Ec 9:1 = all this I set before my mind, 7:2; also (with subj. diff. from ind. obj.) מָה אֱלֹהַי נֹתֵן אֶל־לִבִּי לַעֲשׂוֹת Ne 2:12 cf. 7:5. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:13
- j. = employ, devote money (acc.) עַל־עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד Ex 30:16 (P). e.g. Exodus 30:16
- k. give offerings, לְי׳ Nu 18:12 (P), תְּרוּמַת י׳ Ex 30:15 (P), cf. give spoil to (לְ) י׳ Dt 20:14 (י׳ subj.); מִיָּֽדְךָ נָתַנּוּ לָ֑ךְ 1 Ch 29:14; offering to (לְ) idols Ez 6:13; especially to Moloch Lv 20:2, 4, to pass through fire to (ל) M 18:21, etc. e.g. Numbers 18:12
- l. = consecrate, dedicate to (לְ) י׳ 1 S 1:11 Ex 22:29 (E). e.g. 1 Samuel 1:11
- m. give a sign or wonder, acc. 1 K 13:3, 5, + לְ pers. Jos 2:12 (JE), with reflex. לְ Ex 7:9 (P), alm. = display, exhibit; cf. נָֽתְנוּ הֲדָרֵךְ Ez 27:10 they set forth, exhibit thy splendour; כִּי יִתֵּן בַּכּוֹס עֵינוֹ Pr 23:31 when it sheweth its sparkle in the cup. e.g. 1 Kings 13:3
- n. = pay, wages (acc., + sf.), נ׳ שְׂכָרִי Gn 30:18 (E) he hath paid my hire, Ex 2:9 (E) Dt 24:15, cf. Is 61:8; + ל pers. Je 22:13; a price, נ׳ מִכְרָם Nu 20:19 (JE), וַיִּתֵּן שְׂכָרָהּ Jon 1:3, i.e. paid his fare, passage-money; money (as) price (מחיר) 1 K 21:2, cf. נ׳ כֶּסֶף הַשָּׂדֶה Gn 23:13 (P); pay money for (ב) something Dt 14:26; wealth for (ב) love Ct 8:7; tax or rent, c. acc. rei + ל pers. Gn 47:24 (J); fine (c. id.) Ex 21:32 (E) Dt 22:29, acc. om. v 19, cf. וְנָתַן בִּפְלִלִים Ex 21:22 (v פָּלִיל), נ׳ שִׁבְתּוֹ v 19 (i.e. pay for his lost time), נ׳פִּדְיוֹן נַפְשׁוֹ v 30 (pay redemption-money; all E), cf. וְנ׳ אִישׁ כֹּפֶר נַפְשׁוֹ לְי׳ 30:12 (P); pay votive offering (c. acc. + ל) Lv 27:23 (P); a wager (c. acc. + ל) Ju 14:12, 13. e.g. Genesis 30:18
- o. c. בְּ, give for (ב) money = sell, תְּנָה־לִּי אֶת־כַּרְמְךָ בְּכֶסֶף 1 K 21:6, cf. Dt 2:28; 14:25 1 Ch 21:22;—נ׳ Ez 27 is trading term, but sometimes connexion obscure and text dub.: give wares for (בְ) 27:12 (but read prob. ך for ב 𝔊 𝔖 Co Berthol), v 13, 16 (del. 2nd ב), v 17, 19, 22 (cf., further, Co Berthol and especially Sm); נ׳ הַיֶּלֶד בַּוּוֹנָה Jo 4:3 (‖ מָכַר); ב instr., give בַּגּוֹרָל by lot Jos 21:8. e.g. 1 Kings 21:6
- p. give instead of, exchange for, c. תַּחַת Ex 21:23 (E) 1 K 21:2, 6 Is 43:4; 61:3, בְּעַד Jb 2:4. e.g. Exodus 21:23
- q. give, i.e. lend, at interest, כַּסְפּוֹ לֹא נ׳ בְּנֶשֶׁךְ Lv 25:37 ψ 15:5, so (acc. om.) Ez 18:8, 13. e.g. Leviticus 25:37
- r. = commit, entrust to, c. acc. + אֶל־ pers. Ex 22:6, 9 (E), c. ל pers. Ct 8:11, c. בְּיַד Gn 30:35; 39:4, 8, 22 (all J), 2 S 10:10. e.g. Exodus 22:6
- s. give over, deliver up, c. acc. Nu 21:3 (JE) Ju 20:13 1 S 11:12 2 S 14:7; 20:21 1 K 14:16 Ho 11:8 (‖ מִגֵּן), Mi 5:2; נ׳ בָּנָיו פְּלֵיטִים וּבְנֹתָיו בַּשְּׁבִית לְמֶלֶךְ אֱמֹרִי Nu 21:29 (JE); + ל, נ׳ פ׳ לַמָּוֶת ψ 118:18; + לִפְנֵי Dt 7:2, 23; 31:5 + (see Dr Dt. lxxxiii, No. 52, and v. further 2 b ad fin.); especially נ׳ בְּיַד, c. acc., Nu 21:34 (JE) Jos 2:24 (JE) Dt 2:24 + often e.g. Numbers 21:3
- t. yield produce, fruit, etc., especially of land, ground, Gn 4:12 (J), Lv 25:19; 26:4, 20 (all H), Dt 11:17 Is 55:10 (+ ל pers.) Zc 8:12 ψ 67:7; 85:13 cf. Ez 36:8; of tree Ez 34:27 Lv 26:4, 20 (H) ψ 1:3, + vine Jo 2:22, vine Zc 8:12; abs. root of righteous yields, יִתֵּן Pr 12:12 according to De Str (dub.; proposes to insert פְּרִי); Dy Kau Wild proposes אֵיתָן (as ψ 74:15, etc.), cf. as to sense Ew; other conj. v. Now; cf. Nu 20:8 (P) Zc 8:12 Ct 1:12; 2:13; 7:14. e.g. Genesis 4:12
- u. = occasion, produce, שֵׂכֶל טוֹב יִתֶּן־חֵ֑ן Pr 13:15 cf. 29:15, חֶרְדַּת אָדָם יִתֵּן מוֹקֵשׁ v 25 trembling before man occasioneth a snare. e.g. Proverbs 13:15
- v. requite to (לְ) a man, according to (כְּ) character 1 K 8:39 = 2 Ch 6:30 Je 17:10; 32:19 ψ 28:4(×2) c. עַל־ + כְּ Ez 7:9; c. עַל־ pers. + acc. of sin 7:3, 4, 8; 23:49 (cf. 2 b). e.g. 1 Kings 8:39
- w. = report, mention, וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־מִסְפַּר … אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 S 24:9 he reported the number unto the king; וָאֶתְּנָה לוֹ זְמָ֑ן Ne 2:6 and I mentioned to him a time. e.g. 2 Samuel 24:9
- x. = utter, usually c. acc. קוֹל, utter a sound, lift up the voice: Je 4:16 (+ עַל against), 22:20; 48:34 La 2:7; in weeping, וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־קֹלוֹ בִּבְבִי Gn 45:2 (E), וַיִּבְכּוּ Nu 14:1 (P); + ל pers. Pr 2:3 (‖ לַבִּינָה תִּקְרָא); of wisdom Pr 1:20; 8:1 (‖ קרא); of י׳, especially in thunder of theoph. Am 1:2 2 S 22:14 (‖ יַרְעֵם), = ψ 18:14, Je 25:30 Jo 2:11; of clouds ψ 77:18, the deep Hb 3:10; of young lion’s roaring Am 3:4 Je 2:15; of birds ψ 104:12; קוֹל om., נ׳ דָּוִד … לְהֹדֹת לְי׳ 1 Ch 16:7; so of י׳’s voice in thunder, לְקוֹל תִּתּוֹ Je 10:13 (sc. קוֹלוֹ) at the sound of his uttering (his voice) = 51:16; נ׳ בְּקוֹל Je 12:8 (+ עַל־ against), of י׳ ψ 46:7, הֵן־יִתֵּן בְּקוֹלוֹ קוֹל עֹז 68:34; נ׳ with other words, אֹמֶר v 12 (of י׳); of confession, (acc. + ל pers.) Jos 7:19 (JE) Ezr 10:11. e.g. Jeremiah 4:16
- y. give = stretch out, extend, וַיִּתֶּן־יָד Gn 38:28 (J) it put out a hand; וַיִּתֵּן צַמַּרְתּוֹ אֶל־בֵּין עֲבוֹתִים (read עָבוֹת) Ez 31:10, 14 and it stretched its top amid the clouds. e.g. Genesis 38:28
- z. combinations are: יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִ֑י La 3:30 (humiliation), cf. Is 50:6; וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרָ֑רֶת Zc 7:11 (of stubbornness), so Ne 9:29 (‖ עָרְפָּם הִקְשׁוּ); also וַיִּתְּנוּ עֹרֶף 2 Ch 29:6 gave, i.e. turned (their) back (on י׳; ‖ וַיַּסֵּבּוּ פְנֵיהֶם מִמִּשְׁכַּן י׳); of compact, תְּנָה אֶת־יָדֶ֑ךָ 2 K 10:15 cf. v 15, so מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד La 5:6; of submission, נָֽתְנָה יָדָהּ Je 50:15 = she (Babyl.) hath surrendered; תְּנוּ יָד לְי׳ 2 Ch 30:8 = submit to י׳; more explicitly, נ׳ יָד תַּחַת שְׁלֹמֹה 1 Ch 29:24; נ׳ מָקוֹם לְ Ju 20:36 give place to (retire before); of sexual relation, אֶל־אֵשֶׁת … לֹא־תִתֵּן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ לְזָ֑רַע Lv 18:20 (H), וַיִּתֵּן אִישׁ בָּךְ אֶת־שְׁכָבְתּוֹ Nu 5:20 (P), so (בְּכָל־בְּהֵמָה) Lv 18:23 (H), cf. 20:15 (H).—יִתֵּן is taken impers. = ‘es giebt,’ there is, there are, in Jb 37:10 Pr 10:24; 13:10 by De, citing Ew§ 295 d, Now Pr 13:10 Str Frankenb (in transl., dub. in note), BaeJb in Kau; but improbable Kau Pr Di Jb, so Hi Bu Du (on Jb 37:10), reading יֻתַּן; cf. KöSynt. § 324 d β. e.g. Lamentations 3:30
- 2. Put, set, nearly = שִׂים, and sometimes ‖ with it:
- a. lit., (especially often in Ez P); c. acc. + עַל־ on, ring on hand Gn 41:42 (E), cf. Ez 16:11, helmet on head 1 S 17:38, also Je 27:2; 28:14 (in fig.), 1 K 12:4, 9 (in fig.), 18:23 (‖ שִׂים), Ex 12:7 (acc. om.), cf. 25:12, 26, 30 + often P; c. עַל־ = above Ex 25:21; 26:34 (P), = for, נ׳ גֹּרָלֹת עַל־ Lv 16:8 (P), cast lots for; = against Ez 26:8; c. אֶל־ into: ark into cart 1 S 6:8, put one in the stocks Je 29:26 (also c. עַל־ 20:2), in prison 37:18; 38:11, cf. Ex 25:16; 28:30 (P); put water upon (עַל־) sthg. into (אֶל־) vessel Nu 19:17; = toward וַיִּתֵּן פְּנֵי הַצֹּאן אֶל־עָקֹד Gn 30:40 (J; del. Ol Di al.); c. בְּ, cup into hand Gn 40:13 (E), cf. Ju 7:16, also Gn 41:48 (E), cf. 1 K 7:51, Gn 1:17 (P), 9:13 (P), 2 K 19:18, Je 27:8, נ׳ בֶּעָפָר פֶּה La 3:29 (in fig.), נָתַתִּי שִׁפְחָתִי בְּחֵיקֶ֑ךָ Gn 16:5 (J), וְנָתַתָּה בְאָזְנוֹ וּבַדֶּלֶת Dt 15:17 and thou shalt put (the awl) into his ear and into the door (pin his ear to the door); put disease into one Dt 7:15 (‖ שִׂים); inflict blemish (מוּם) on (בְּ), Lv 24:19, 20; וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע לֹא תִתְּנוּ בָּכֶם 19:28; c. בְּ + לְ, שֶׂרֶט לָנֶפֶשׁ לֹא תִתְּנוּ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם v 28 (all H); c. לִפְנֵי before, in front of, set food before one, 2 K 4:43, 44; cf. Zc 3:9 Ez 3:20 Ex 30:6; 40:5, 6 (all P); c. בֵּין between, Ex 30:18; 40:17 (P); c. לְ, מִגְרָעוֹת נ׳ לַבַּיִת סָבִיב 1 K 6:6 he put ledges to the house; c. other preps. הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּ עִמָּדִי Gn 3:16 (J), the woman whom thou hast set at my side, cf. Ex 31:6 (נ׳ אִתּוֹ; fig. of association, assistance); c. לִקְרַאת Gn 15:10 (J), lay each piece to meet its fellow; he set the sea מִכֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת 1 K 7:39; c. ה loc. put money שָׁמָּה into it 2 K 12:10, so of water Ex 30:18 (P), cf. 40:7 (שָׁם); c. 2 acc. נ׳ אוֹתוֹ בֵּית הַכְּלוּא Je 37:4 cf. v 15; put, place, abs. Ex 40:8 (P; ‖ שִׂים, cf. 26:32); set up, אֶבֶן מַשְׂכִּית בְּ Lv 26:1 (H; ‖ הֵקִים); + לְ pers., lay snare for me ψ 119:110 (in fig.). e.g. Genesis 41:42
- b. fig., in many phr.: c. עַל, put my spirit upon him Is 42:1, reproach upon one Je 23:40, blessing on Mt. Gerizim, etc., Dt 11:29, curses on enemies 30:7; impose tax upon Ne 10:33 cf. 2 K 23:33; נָתַן הוֹד עַל put majesty upon one 1 Ch 29:25 Dn 11:21 Nu 27:20 (P; מֵהוֹד; cf. ψ 21:6); so also perhaps ψ 8:2 hast set thy majesty upon (over) the heavens, cf. 𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 (read נָתַתָּה for תְּנָה, Hup De Pe Bae al.; other views v. in Thes Ew Ol Now Che We Du); = above, וּנְתָֽנְךָ עֶלְיוֹן עַל־כָּל־גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ Dt 28:1 cf. 26:19; put (sthg.) over mouth Mi 3:5 (i.e. stop one’s mouth, by a gift); = against נ׳ מָצוֹר עַל־ Ez 4:2 (siege), cf. v 2b; c. אֶל־, וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת־פָּנַי אֶל־אֲדֹנָי … לְבַקֵּשׁ Dn 9:3; c. בְּ, words into mouth Dt 18:18 Je 1:9, cf. 1 K 22:23; wisdom into heart, or person, 1 K 10:24 Ex 31:6; 36:1, 2 (all P), cf. ψ 4:8; set peace in earth Lv 26:6 (H); (the idea of) perpetuity (עוֹלָם) in heart Ec 3:11; a purpose, וּלהוֹרֹת נ׳ בְּלִבּוֹ Ex 35:34 (P); וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־יָדִי בְּמִצְרַיִם Ex 7:4 (P); אַל־תִּתֵּן דָּם נָקִי בְּקֶרֶב עַמְּךָ Dt 21:8; וַיִּתֵּן חִנּוֹ בְּעֵינֵי Gn 39:21 (J), and he put his favour in the eyes of the prison-keeper (made the keeper favourable to him), cf. Ex 3:21; 11:3; 12:36 (all E; cf. also 1 b, 3 b); c. בְּ pers. = against, in phr. set my face against, oppose Ez 14:8; 15:7 Lv 17:10; 20:6 (both H); c. בֵּין, = put, i.e. make a covenant between Gn 17:2 (P), cf. Lv 26:46 (H); נ׳ אֶרֶץ לִפְנֵיכֶם i.e. place at your disposal Dt 1:8, 21 cf. 2:36; set ordinances, etc., before, לִפְנֵי (for observance), 1 K 9:6 Je 26:4; 44:10 Dn 9:10; blessings and cursings (for choice) Dt 30:1, 15, 19; נ׳ דֶּרֶךְ בְּרֹאשׁ פ׳ set or place one’s way upon his head, i.e. requite him, Ez 9:10; 11:21; 16:43; 22:31 cf. 17:19, also 1 K 8:32 = 2 Ch 6:23 + (cf. 1 v); לָתֵת נִקְמַת י׳ בְּמִדְיָן Nu 31:3 to set the vengeance of י׳ upon Midian; נ׳ ב׳ ψ 50:20 = set in, i.e. impute to (usually שִׂים ב׳). e.g. Isaiah 42:1
- c. set, appoint, c. acc. + עַל־ over, י׳ hath set a king over you 1 S 12:13 cf. Gn 41:41 (E); c. עַל־ on, נ׳ ישֵׁב עַל־כִּסְאִי 1 K 1:48; c. בְּ in = over, 1 Ch 12:9 Ne 13:4; c. לְ, Nethînîm לַעֲבֹדָה Ezr 8:20; c. acc. alone, idol-priests 2 K 23:5, prophet Je 1:5 (2 acc.), leader Nu 14:4; one instead of (תַּחַת) another 1 K 2:35. e.g. 1 Samuel 12:13
- d. = assign, designate, c. לְ: God hath assigned victim-flesh to (ל) you, in order to bear sins of people Lv 10:17, cf. Nu 18:8 (both P); cities for (ל) flight of man-slayer Nu 35:6 (P); נָתַתִּי לָכֶם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לְכַפֵּר Lv 17:11 (H). e.g. Leviticus 10:17
- 3. Make, constitute,
- a. c. 2 acc., וְנָתַתִּי נְעָרִים שָׂרֵיהֶם Is 3:4 and I will make boys their princes, cf. Gn 17:5; Ex 7:1 (both P), ψ 18:33 (> וַיַּתֵּר in ‖ 2 S 22:33), 39:6; 69:12; 135:12, etc.; + בֵּין Jos 22:25 (P); + אֶל־ pers. וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ אֵלֶיךָ עֹרֶף Ex 23:27 (E), and I will make all thine enemies unto thee a back, i.e. make them shew thee their back, flee from thee, so c. לְ ψ 18:41 = 2 S 22:41. e.g. Isaiah 3:4
- b. c. acc. + לְ, וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַיִם לְגַלִּים Je 9:10 and I will make Jerusalem into ruin-heaps, cf. Dt 28:13; Is 42:24; Gn 17:6, 20; 48:4; Nu 5:21; Jos 17:3 (all P) +; נ׳ פ׳ לְרַחֲמִים לִפְנֵי 1 K 8:50 make persons an object of compassion before (in the eyes of), so Ne 1:11 ψ 106:46 Dn 1:9 (cf. also 1 b, 2 b); + לְ pers. for (especially Je.), וּנְתַתִּים לִזְוָעָה לְכֹל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ Je 15:4 and I will make them a terror for all kingdoms of the earth, cf. 24:9; 29:18; 34:17. e.g. Jeremiah 9:10
- c. c. acc. + כְּ, וְאֵת הָאֲדָזִים נ׳ כַּשִּׁקְמִים 1 K 10:27 and the cedars he made like the sycomores, i.e. as common, = 2 Ch 1:15, cf. 1 K 16:3 Ez 28:6 Lv 26:19 (H), Ru 4:11; וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָנוּ כִּמְרַגְּלִים Gn 42:30 (E), i.e. regarded, treated us as spies, but ins. בַּמִּשְׁמָר 𝔊 Ol Di Ball Holz,—אַל־תִּתֵּן אֶת־אֲמָֽתְךָ לִפְנֵי בַת בְּלִיַּעַל 1 S 1:16 difficult, (notwithstanding Jb 3:24; 4:19), read prob. כְּ (HPS), or לְ, for לִפְנֵי. e.g. 1 Kings 10:27
- d. rarely c. acc. alone: וּמִבְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ לֹא נ׳ שְׁלֹמֹה עֶבֶד 1 K 9:22 and of the sons of Israel Sol. made no slave, but read prob. לְמַם עֹבֵד (as v 21; 𝔊 A εἰς πράγμα om. B 𝔊L; cf. Klo Benz), וָאֶתֵּן עֲלֵיהֶם קְהִלָּה Ne 5:7 and I made (held) over their case a great assembly; make a decree, חֹק, ψ 148:6; perhaps also וַתִּתֵּן אֹתֹת בְּפַרְעֹה Ne 9:10 and thou didst perform signs and wonders against Pharaoh, etc. (cf. שִׂים אוֹתֹת בְּ Ex 10:2 ψ 78:43). e.g. 1 Kings 9:22
Niphal
- Pf. נִתַּן Is 9:5 +; 3 fs. נִתְּנָה Gn 38:14 +; 2 mpl. וְנִתַּתֶּם consec. Lv 26:25; 1 pl. נִתַּ֫נּוּ Ezr 9:7; Impf. יִנָּתֵן Ex 5:18 +, יִנָּ֫תֶן לוֹ 2 Ch 2:13 (Gi v. d. H. יִנָּ֫תֶן־לוֹ); Ptcp. נִתָּן 2 K 22:7; Inf. abs. הִנָּתֹן Je 32:4; 38:3; cstr. לְהִנָּתֵן Est 3:14; 8:13;— e.g. Isaiah 9:5
- 1. be given to (usually c. ל pers.):
- a. = bestowed upon Jos 24:33 (E), Ez 11:15 (+ לְמוֹרָשָׁה), 33:24 (+ id.), Jb 15:19; Ez 16:34; Nu 26:62 (P), Is 9:5, portion from sacrifice Lv 10:14 (P), glory Is 35:2, birthright 1 Ch 5:1, freedom Lv 19:20 (H). e.g. Joshua 24:33
- b. given to one (ל) for wife (ל) Gn 38:14 (J), 1 S 18:19. e.g. Genesis 38:14
- c. provided, usually c. ל Ex 5:16, 18 (J); 1 S 25:27; 2 K 25:30 = Je 52:34, Is 33:16; Ne 13:10; נ׳ מֵרֹעֶה אֶחָד Ec 12:11 they are given from one shepherd (i.e. words of wise) according to Ew De Hi-Now RüetschiKau; Wild underst. subj. of compilers. e.g. Exodus 5:16
- d. = entrusted to Je 13:20 cf. 2 Ch 2:13; c. עַל־יָדָם 2 K 22:7, בְּיַד 2 Ch 34:16. e.g. Jeremiah 13:20
- e. = be given into the power of (usually c. בְּיַד), especially of city (kg., people) given into the hand of foe 2 K 18:30 (+ אֶת־ acc.), 19:10 = Is 36:15; 37:10; Je 21:10 + 18 times Je Lv Chr Dn; earth into hand of wicked Jb 9:24; in good sense Gn 9:2 (P); delivered to death (ל), unto lower world (אֶל־), Ez 31:14; given to us (ל) for devouring (ל) 35:12; חֶרֶב נ׳ Ez 32:20 delivered to the sword (del. 𝔊 𝔖 Co SgfrKau Toy); abs., of צָבָא, Dn 8:12 (al. was appointed, v. especially Dr), 11:6. e.g. 2 Kings 18:30
- f. of request, be granted to (ל), Est 2:13; 5:3 (בַּקָּשָׁה), v 6; 7:2; 9:12 (all שְׁאֵלָה), cf. 7:3 (בִּשְׁאֵלָה, בְּבַקָּשָׁה). e.g. Esther 2:13
- g. = be permitted Est 9:13 (+ inf.). e.g. Esther 9:13
- h. = be issued, published (of royal decree), abs. Est 3:5, 14; 4:8; 8:13, 14; 9:14; of law given בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה Ne 10:30. e.g. Esther 3:5
- i. = be uttered, נ׳ שְׁאוֹן קוֹלָם Je 51:55 (of stormers of Babylon). e.g. Jeremiah 51:55
- j. be assigned for (ל), Ez 47:11. e.g. Ezekiel 47:11
- 2. Be put, set:
- a. lit., crown בְּרֹאשׁ Est 6:8; of personif. folly נ׳ הַסֶּכֶל בַּמְּרוֹמִים Ec 10:6. e.g. Esther 6:8
- b. in imagery of Ezek. נ׳ … בְּיַרְכְּתֵי־בוֹר Ez 32:23, c. אֵת (with) v 29, c. בְּתוֹךְ v 25, vine put (cast) לָאֵשׁ לְאָכְלָה Ez 15:4 into the fire for consuming; fig. of terror נ׳ בארץ 32:25. e.g. Ezekiel 32:23
- c. = be made, בֶּן־אָדָם חָצִיר יִנָּתֵן Is 51:12. e.g. Isaiah 51:12
- d. = be inflicted, of blemish (מוּם) Lv 24:20 (c. בְּ pers.). e.g. Leviticus 24:20
Hophal
- (or Qal pass. Ges§ 53 u) Impf. יֻתַּן 1 K 2:21 + 5 times + 2 S 21:6 Qr (Kt ינתן); וַיֻּתַּן 2 S 18:9;— e.g. 1 Kings 2:21
- 1.
- a. be given, bestowed, abs. Nu 26:54; c. לְ pers. 2 K 5:17; Nu 32:5 (אֶת־ c. acc.; both P); in exchange for (תַּחַת) Jb 28:15. e.g. Numbers 26:54
- b. = be given to one (ל) for wife (ל) 1 K 2:21 (Abishag, אֶת־ c. acc.). e.g. 1 Kings 2:21
- c. = be given, delivered, up to (ל) 2 S 21:6. e.g. 2 Samuel 21:6
- 2. be put upon (עַלִ־) Lv 11:38 (P); of Absalom וַיֻּתַּן בֵּין הַשָּׁמַיִם וגו׳ 2 S 18:9, וַיִּתָּל (√ תלה) 𝔊 𝔖 We Dr (?), Klo Kit Bu HPS. e.g. Leviticus 11:38
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Word origin
vb. give, put, set (Ecclus נתן 44:19 + often; OHeb נתן־יהו n.pr.m. Lzb 327; NH = BH; Ph. יתן, נתן in n.pr. מתנת, etc., Lzb 292, 327; Assyrian nadânu DlHWB 450 (rarely ittan Id ib. 488); Zinj. נתן, also in n.pr., Lzb 327 Cook 84; Nab. Impf. ינתן, and n.pr.; Palm., also n.pr. Lzb l.c. Cook l.c.; 𝔗 Impf. יִתֵּן, Inf. מִתַּן; Sab. נתן Hal 154, Liḥ n.pr. נתנבעל [North-&Sem. form] DHMEpigr. Denkm. 80, No. 35; Chr Pal. Aramaic ܢܬܢ (rare) SchwallyIdiot. 58; Syriac Impf. ܢܶܬܶܠ, Inf. ܡܶܬܰܠ LindbergVergl. Sem. Gram. 93 f., but Mand. נתן NöM 52);—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נָתָן
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Nathan,
- 1. the prophet. Koh. R. to IV, 12. Midr. Till. to Ps. LI; a. fr.—2) N. the Babylonian, a Tannai. Ber. IX, 5. Tosef. Yeb. VIII, 4. B. Bath. 73ᵃ; a. fr.—3) name of several Amoraim. Y. Erub. VI, 23ᶜ bot., v. דְּרוֹמָאָה; a. e.—Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵃ נ׳ בר אבא.—Y. Ter. VII, 44ᶜ נ׳ בר הושעיה.—Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ נ׳ בר טובי; a. fr.—4) N. d’Tsutsitha, a penitent. Sabb. 56ᵇ.—אבות דר׳ נ׳, v. אָב II.
נָתַן
- (b. h.) to give; to place, put. Gitt. I, 6 תֵּן גט וכ׳ give this letter of divorce to my wife. Ib. תְּנוּ גט וכ׳ give ye &c. Ib. לא יִתְּנוּ לאחר מיתה they must not deliver it after the man’s death; a. v. fr.—נשא ונ׳, v. נָשָׂא.—נ׳ עיניו ל (to put an eye upon) to intend. B. Mets. 19ᵃ, a. e. כיון שנ׳ ע׳ לגרשה as soon as he has resolved to divorce her; a. fr.—נ׳ עיניו ב (to have an eye on) to desire, think of. Ned. XI, 12 שלא תהא אשה נוֹתֶנֶת עיניה באחר lest the woman have a liking for another man. Ib. 20ᵇ שלא אֶתֵּן עיני וכ׳ lest I think of another woman. Ib. אל ישתה … ויִתֵּן וכ׳ one must not drink of one cup (have connection with one woman) and think of another; a. fr.—Esp. נ׳ עיניו בו to cast an angry eye at, to hurt by an angry look. Ber. 58ᵃ נ׳ ע׳ בו ונעשה וכ׳ he cast an eye at him and he was changed into &c., v. גַּל; Sabb. 34ᵃ; a. e.—Y. Ber. III, beg. 5ᵈ, a. fr. נוֹתן תפלין puts on T’fillin.—נ׳ טעם, v. טַעַם.—הדין נותן the conclusion ad majus gives it, it is a legitimate conclusion. Bekh. 59ᵇ, a. fr. Ib. היא הנוֹתֶנֶת (on the contrary,) it is thus we should argue.—Gen. R. s. 33 והדין נותן and it stands to reason.—Esp. נ׳ (sub. דם) to put blood on the altar, sprinkle, smear. Zeb. VIII, 4; a. fr.—[Tosef. Neg. VI, 10 נותן, v. נָתַץ.]
- to be given, put &c.; to be intended. Ned. 38ᵃ לא נִיתְּנָה תורה אלא וכ׳ the Law was given only to Moses and his descendants. Ib. וכולן נִתְּנוּ וכ׳ and all those (gates of understanding) were granted to Moses; a. fr.—Keth. 81ᵃ לא ניתנה כתובה וכ׳ the K’thubah is not intended to be collected during life-time. R. Hash. 28ᵃ מצות … נִיתְּנוּ, v. הָנָה; a. fr.—[Tosef. Ab. Zar. V (VI), 8 עד שינתן, v. נָתַץ.]—Esp. to be put on the altar, sprinkled, smeared. Zeb. VIII, 9 הנִתָּנִין למטה … בנתנין למעלה blood which must be put below (the red line) which has been mixed with blood that must be put above. Ib. 10 יִנָּתְנוּ במתן וכ׳ shall be applied four times, v. מַתָּן a. מַתָּנָה; a. fr.
- to be put. Makhsh. I, 1 בכי יוּתַּן (הרי זה) it comes under the law (Lev. XI, 38), i.e. it is a liquid which, if put on eatables, makes them susceptible of uncleanness. Ib. 2 אינן בכי יותן do not qualify for uncleanness; a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 11:38
נְתַן
- Targ. Deut. XV, 10; a. fr.—[Targ. Is. LIII, 5 ובדנתינה some ed., read: ובדניתנהי, v. נְהֵי I.].
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Forms in the corpus
The 705 distinct written forms H5414 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 645 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5414, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
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- נתן Nâthân H5416 Nathan
- נתנאל Nᵉthanʼêl H5417 Nethaneel
- נתניה Nᵉthanyâh H5418 Nethaniah
- נתןמלך Nᵉthan-Melek H5419 Nathan-melech
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,694 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,816 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:17
- Exodus 2:9
- Leviticus 1:7
- Numbers 3:9
- Deuteronomy 1:8
- Joshua 1:2
- Judges 1:2
- Ruth 1:6
- 1 Samuel 1:4
- 2 Samuel 3:14
- 1 Kings 1:48
- 2 Kings 3:10
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
