natar · leap

What it means

natar (נָתַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “leap”.

Jump, leap; also shake off, set free.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To open what binds or holds: to loosen bonds, free a prisoner, let go of one's hand.
2. To leap or shudder suddenly, from fear or awe.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sets free ×2
• he would let loose ×1
• leaps ×1
• makes leap ×1
• released him ×1
• undo ×1
• which to leap ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×1
• Habakkuk×1

• Leviticus 11:21

  But these you may eat of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth.

• 2 Samuel 22:33

  The El is my strong stronghold, and he sets free my way blameless.

• Job 6:9

  that Eloah would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off.

• Job 37:1

  At this also my heart trembles and leaps from its place.

• Psalms 105:20

  The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples, and set him free.

• Psalms 146:7

  who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives bread to the hungry. YHWH sets free the prisoners;

• Isaiah 58:6

  Is this not the fast that I choose: to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, and to set free the crushed, and that you break every yoke?

• Habakkuk 3:6

  He stands and shakes the earth; he looks and makes leap the nations; and the perpetual mountains are shattered, the eternal hills sink down; the eternal ways are his.