Nâṭal — H5190

Definition

verb

to lift; by implication, to impose

1. to lift, bear, bear up
1. (Qal) to lift, lift over, lift upon, set up
2. (Piel) to bear up

Usually translated as

offer, bear, take up

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• aírō (G142)
• analambánō (G353)

Occurrences

Nâṭal occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Isaiah (2), Lamentations (1)

• 2 Samuel 24:12 — Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer (נוֹטֵ֣ל) thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
• Isaiah 40:15 — Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up (יִטּֽוֹל) the isles as a very little thing.
• Isaiah 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them (וַֽיְנַטְּלֵ֥ם); and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Lamentations 3:28 — He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne (נָטַ֖ל) it upon him.