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Proverbs 7:21

“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָטָהnâṭâh · naw-taw'
H5186 · Hebrew

Definition: to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Grammar: הִ֭טַּתּ — verb Hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
וּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HVhp3fs/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 216 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:8 Genesis 24:14 Genesis 26:25 Genesis 33:19 Genesis 35:21

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 נָטָה 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.