התיז

Hebrew

Root
נ־ת־ז (n-t-z)
2 terms

Etymology

From the root נָתַז (natáz, “to sprinkle”), of whose qal form there is no attested use in Hebrew. The notion of "sprinkling" is semantically extended to causing something to fly or fall off in general.

Pronunciation

Verb

הִתִּיז • (hitíz) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הֻתַּז)

  1. (Mishnaic Hebrew, transitive) to cause to fly off, to chop off
  2. (Mishnaic Hebrew, transitive) to decapitate
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Sanhedrin, section 7.3:
      מִצְוַת הַנֶּהֱרָגִים, הָיוּ מַתִּיזִין אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ בְסַיִף כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהַמַּלְכוּת עוֹשָׂה.
      The mitzva of those who are killed: [The executioners] cut off his head with a sword, the way that the monarchy does.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִתִּיז (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְהַתִּיז
action noun הַתָּזָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first הִתַּזְתִּי הִתַּזְנוּ
second הִתַּזְתָּ הִתַּזְתְּ הִתַּזְתֶּם הִתַּזְתֶּן
third הִתִּיז הִתִּיזָה הִתִּיזוּ
present מַתִּיז מַתִּיזָה מַתִּיזִים מַתִּיזוֹת
future first אַתִּיז נַתִּיז
second תַּתִּיז תַּתִּיזִי תַּתִּיזוּ תַּתֵּזְנָה1
third יַתִּיז תַּתִּיז יַתִּיזוּ תַּתֵּזְנָה1
imperative הַתֵּז הַתִּיזִי הַתִּיזוּ הַתֵּזְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “נָתַז”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 430b
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 943a
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