נתן

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נתן^¹

/naˈtan/ Modern Israeli
/ˈnatan/ Modern Israeli, colloquial, proper noun

Where it comes from

Compare Classical Syriac ܢܬܢ (nəṯan, “to give”) and Akkadian 𒈾𒁕𒉡𒌝 (nadānum, “to give”). Possibly cognate with Arabic نَتَنَ (natana, “to give off a foul smell, to stink”), which may have undergone semantic narrowing.

verb נָתַן · natán · לָתֵת · ייתן · יִתֵּן · תֵּן

construction pa'al to give וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן טוֹב תִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לָךְ מִתִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לְאִישׁ אַחֵר שְׁבָה עִמָּדִי׃
construction pa'al to allow, permit, let וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יִתֵּן אֶתְכֶם מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַהֲלֹךְ וְלֹא בְּיָד חֲזָקָה׃
archaic, construction pa'al to put, place
Biblical, archaic, construction pa'al to turn into יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת־מְטַר אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם יֵרֵד עָלֶיךָ עַד הִשָּׁמְדָךְ׃

proper noun נָתָן · natán

Nathan (an Old Testament prophet who advised King David)
a male given name, equivalent to English Nathan or Natan

נתן^²

verb נִתַּן · nitán

construction nif'al, misspelling defective spelling of ניתן

In English

give transfer the possession of something to someone else
Nathan biblical prophet

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {נתן},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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