נָתַשׁ

vb. pull or pluck up, root out, especially in Je and later (Ecclus Impf. 3 fs. תנתש נטע 3:9; NH = BH; 𝔗 נְתַשׁ id.; Syriac ܢܬܰܫ tear off, away; Arabic نَتَشَ is loan-wd. Frä 137);— Pf. 3 ms. וְנָתַשׁ consec. 1 K 14:15; 2 ms. נָתַשְׁתָּ ψ 9:7, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיִּתְּשֵׁם Dt 29:27; 1 s. אֶתּשׁ Je 12:14, אֶתּוֹשׁ 24:6; 42:10; Inf. abs. נָתוֹשׁ Je 12:17; cstr. לִנְתֿוֹשׁ Je 1:10; 18:7, לִנְתֹשׁ 31:28 (on תֿ v. Ges§ 45 g); sf. נָתְשִׁי 12:15; Pt. act. נֹתֵשׁ 45:4, sf. נֹתְשָׁם 12:14;—pull or pluck up, c. acc. Asherim Mi 5:13 (מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ); especially of nation, וְנ׳ אֶת־יִשׂ׳ מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה 1 K 14:15, so Dt 29:27; Je 12:14; 2 Ch 7:20; אֶתּשׁ מִתּוֹכָם Je 12:14; without מֵעַל וְגו׳ Je 12:15, 17; opp. נָטַע 45:4; obj. om. 24:6; 42:10 (both opp. נָטַע); so inf. abs. נָתוֹשׁ וְאַבֵּד 12:17; inf. cstr. לִנְתֿוֹשׁ Je 1:10 = 18:7 cf. 31:28 (v. נתץ Qal 2 a); once of cities עָרִים נ׳ ψ 9:7 thou hast uprooted cities. Impf. 3 ms. יִנָּתֵשׁ Je 31:40 it shall not be rooted up (‖ יֵהָרֵם, ref. to the city Jerus.); 3 fs. תִּנָּתֵשׁ Dn 11:4 of kingdom; 3 mpl. יִנָּֽתְשׁוּ מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם Am 9:15 (of Isr.; opp. נָטַע).—For יִנָּֽתְשׁוּ. Je 18:14 read יִנָּֽשְׁתוּ √ נשׁת q.v. Impf. 3 fs. וַתֻּתַּשׁ Ez 19:12 and she was rooted up (of Isr., under fig. of vine).