נָתַץ
na.tats (H5422)
to tear
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The Hebrew word "נָתַץ" (na.tats) translates to "to tear." This verb is a physical action that can be applied to various situations, such as pulling fabric apart, ripping one's clothes, or even tearing at something forcefully. The word's range of usage spans across 42 occurrences in the Bible, which suggests its significance in the Hebrew language. In its physical sense, "נָתַץ" often emphasizes a sense of force, destruction, or rending asunder. However, it can also convey the idea of sudden, violent actions without necessarily implying the complete separation of something. This nuanced meaning allows for a deeper understanding of the text, revealing the complexity of human actions and the consequences that follow. Given its occurrence across the Hebrew Bible, "נָתַץ" likely serves as a fundamental word for describing human interactions and events, providing insight into the dynamics of physical and emotional experiences. Its repeated appearances underscore the significance of this act across various contexts, emphasizing its role in shaping human relationships, emotions, and experiences.
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but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;
Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house’s mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.
But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.
You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.
You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this?
When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.”
Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar!”
Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.”
He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city and killed the people in it. He beat down the city and sowed it with salt.
They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down. They broke his altars and his images in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over Yahweh’s house.
He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of Yahweh’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.
Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
All the people went to the house of Baal, broke it down, broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and he cut down the incense altars that were on high above them. He broke the Asherah poles, the engraved images, and the molten images in pieces, made dust of them, and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherah poles and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, then returned to Jerusalem.
They burned God’s house, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels.
He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.
God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living.
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, before his fierce anger.
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
It will happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” says Yahweh.
For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defense against the mounds and against the sword;
The Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.
I will also give you into their hand, and they will throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places. They will strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels. They will leave you naked and bare.
He will set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
They will make a plunder of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters.
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.