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2 Chronicles 7:20

“Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָתַשׁnâthash · naw-thash'
H5428 · Hebrew
Definition
to tear away
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
destroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out (up), [idiom] utterly. s
Grammar
  • וּ — conjunction
  • נְתַשְׁתִּ֗י — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular
  • ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3mp
Usage
Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 29:271 Kings 14:15Psalms 9:7Jeremiah 1:10Jeremiah 12:14

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 נָתַשׁ here.

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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.