Aramaic word · H5191

נְטַל

unetilat

to lift

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) to lift

1a) (P'al) to lift, lift up

1b) (P'il) to be lifted

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 2

  1. Daniel 4:34 נִטְלֵ֗ת I lifted

    But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

    Here: 'I lifted (up)', a single completed act. Lifting the eyes to heaven is a gesture of looking for help and recognizing authority (compare Psalm 121:1; 123:1).

  2. Daniel 7:4 וּנְטִ֣ילַת and it was lifted

    The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man and given the mind of a man.

    Here: "And it was lifted" (passive). The beast is raised from its four-legged stance on the ground into an upright posture. The same verb is used in 4:34 when Nebuchadnezzar "lifted" his eyes to heaven and his reason returned.

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