נֵתַח netach

Hebrew word for “piece” · Strong’s H5409 · used 13 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

piece, a piece of flesh or meat

How it is translated

Glosses given for netach in context, with how often each is used:

• pieces 9
• piece of meat 3
• pieces of meat 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 1 (3), Ezekiel 24 (2), Exodus 29 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), Leviticus 9 (1), Judges 19 (1)

Forms

• לנתחיה 4
• לנתחיו 3
• הנתחים 2
• נתחיו 1
• נתחים 1
• נתחיה 1
• נתח 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with netach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָתַח natach “to cut” 5
• פֶּדֶר peder “suet” 3
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 5
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 3
• עָרַךְ arakh “to arrange” 2
• עֶצֶם etsem “bone” 2
• קָטַר qatar “to offer” 2
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 2
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 2
• עֵץ ets “tree” 2
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 2
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 2

Key verses

The verses using netach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 29:17 — And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
• Leviticus 1:6 — And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
• Leviticus 1:8 — And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
• Leviticus 1:12 — And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
• Leviticus 8:20 — And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
• Leviticus 9:13 — And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
• Judges 19:29 — And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent…
• Ezekiel 24:4 — Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
• Ezekiel 24:6 — Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece;…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.