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1 Samuel 17:22
“And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָטַשׁnâṭash · naw-tash'
H5203 · Hebrew
H5203 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּטֹּשׁ֩ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 40 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:28Exodus 23:11Numbers 11:31Deuteronomy 32:15Judges 6:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָטַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.