Definition
a primitive root; to lift; by implication, to impose
Traditional renderings: bear, offer, take up.
Traditional renderings: bear, offer, take up.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָטַל:
- αἴρωairō“to take up”67%
- ἀναλαμβάνωanalambanō“to take up”33%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- 2 Samuel 24:12נוֹטֵ֣ל · am offering“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
- Isaiah 40:15יִטּֽוֹל׃ · He lifts upSurely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
- Isaiah 63:9וַֽיְנַטְּלֵ֥ם · He lifted them upIn all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Lamentations 3:28נָטַ֖ל · [the LORD] has laid itLet him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.