H5422. nathats

נָתַץ‎ verb pull down, break down (Late Hebrew Hoph`al, and derivatives; compare perhaps Ethiopic (with transposition and weakening of sibilant), destruere, demoliri, excidere Di⁶³⁴); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳נ‎ Judges 6:30 +, 3 plural נָָֽתְצוּ‎ 2 Kings 25:10; Jeremiah 52:14, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִתֹּץ‎ Ezekiel 26:9 + 26:12 (Co, for יִתְּצוּ ᵑ0‎); וַיִּתֹּץ‎ Judges 9:45; 2 Kings 23:7; suffix יִתְּצֵנִי‎ Job 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ‎ Psalm 52:7; 1singular אֶתֹּץ‎ Judges 8:9; 3masculine plural וַיִּתְּצוּ‎ 2 Kings 10:27 (twice in verse); 2masculine plural תִּתֹּ֑צוּ‎ Deuteronomy 7:5, תִּתֹּצ֑וּן‎ Exodus 34:13; Judges 2:2; וַתִּתְֿצוּ‎ Isaiah 22:2, etc.; Imperative נְתֹץ‎ Psalm 58:7; Infinitive construct לִנְתֿוֺץ‎ Jeremiah 1:10; 18:7, לִנְתֹֿץ‎ 31:28 (on תֿ‎ see Ges^{§ 45g}); Passive participle plural הַנְּתֻצִים‎ 33:4; —

1 literally pull down a structure (accusative): altar Judges 2:2; 6:30-31, 32; Exodus 34:13 (J), Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Kings 23:12; high place (במה‎) 23:8, בָּמָה‎ + מִזְבֵּחַ‎ 23:15; מַצֵּבָה‎ 10:27; הַבַּעַל בֵּית‎ 10:27; 11:18 2 Chronicles 23:17, compare 2 Kings 23:7; a tower Judges 8:9, 17, compare Ezekiel 26:9 (בְּחַרְבוֺתָיו‎); (any) house Isaiah 22:10; Ezekiel 26:12; Leviticus 14:45, so הַנְּחֻצִים‎ Jeremiah 33:4 (strangely + אֶל‎, compare Gf Gie); city-wall 39:8; 2 Kings 25:10 = Jeremiah 52:14; city Judges 9:45. 2 figurative:

a. pull down a nation, break its power, וְלִנ ׳וְלִנְתוֺשׁ וּלְהַאֲבִיד‎ (וְלַהֲרוֺס‎) (object not expressed) Jeremiah 1:10 (so Ecclus 49:7b), = 18:7, compare 31:18.

b. an individual, subject God, סָבִיב יִתְּצֵנִי‎ Job 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ‎ Psalm 52:7.

c. jaw-teeth of lions (metaphor) Psalm 58:7 (break down, break off, so only here, but see נָתַע‎).

Niph`al be pulled, broken, down: Perfect3plural י מִמְּנֵי ׳נִתְּצוּ‎ Jeremiah 4:26 (of cities), so ׳נ מִמֶּנּוּ‎ Nahum 1:6 (of rocks).

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular נִתַּץ‎2 Chronicles 33:3; 3 plural וְנִתְּצוּ‎ Ezekiel 16:39 (consecutive); 2 masculine plural וְנִתַּצְתֶּם‎ Deuteronomy 12:3; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְנַתֵּץ‎2 Chronicles 34:7; 3 masculine plural וַיְנַתְּצוּ‎31:1-2t.; — tear down (chiefly late): with accusative altars Deuteronomy 12:3, + בָּמוֺת‎2 Chronicles 31:1, + הַחַמָּנִים‎, etc., 34:4, + אֲשֵׁרִים‎ 34:7; בָּמוֺת‎ alone 33:3, רָמֹתַיִךְ‎ Ezekiel 16:39; city wall 2 Chronicles 36:19.

Pu`al be torn down: Perfect3masculine singular נֻתַּץ‎ Judges 6:28 (of altar + אֲשֵׁרָה‎).

Hoph`al (or

Qal passive Ges^{§ 53u}) be broken down, broken, only Imperfect3masculine singular ייֻתָּ֑ץ‎ Leviticus 11:35 (of תַּנּוּר‎, see Dr-Wh^Hpt, and כִּירַיִם‎, see above).