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Ezekiel 32:4

“Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָטַשׁnâṭash · naw-tash'
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: וּ — conjunction
נְטַשְׁתִּ֣י — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular
ךָ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq1cs/Sp2ms
Usage: Occurs 40 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:28 Exodus 23:11 Numbers 11:31 Deuteronomy 32:15 Judges 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.

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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.