נתן

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.

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נָתַן • (natán) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָתֵת, future ייתן / יִתֵּן, imperative תֵּן, passive counterpart ניתן / נִתַּן)

1. to give
   • Tanach, Genesis 29:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן טוֹב תִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לָךְ מִתִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לְאִישׁ אַחֵר שְׁבָה עִמָּדִי׃

     vayómer laván tóv tití 'otáh lákh mitití 'otáh l'ísh 'akhér sh'vá 'imadí.
     wayyṓmer lāḇān ṭōḇ tittī ʾōṯāh lāḵ mittittī ʾōṯāh ləʾīš ʾaḥēr šəḇā ʿimmāḏī.

     And Laban said: ‘It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.’

   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 11:21:

     לְמַעַן יִרְבּוּ יְמֵיכֶם וִימֵי בְנֵיכֶם עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע ה׳ לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם לָתֵת לָהֶם כִּימֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם עַל הָאָרֶץ׃

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2. to allow, permit, let
   • Tanach, Exodus 3:19, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יִתֵּן אֶתְכֶם מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַהֲלֹךְ וְלֹא בְּיָד חֲזָקָה׃

     But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand.

3. (archaic) to put, place
4. (archaic, Biblical Hebrew) to turn into
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 28:24, with translation of the New International Version:

     יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת־מְטַר אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם יֵרֵד עָלֶיךָ עַד הִשָּׁמְדָךְ׃

     The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

• נָשָׂא וְנָתַן (nasá v'natán)

נִתַּן • (nitán) (nif'al construction)

1. defective spelling of ניתן

נָתָן • (natán) m

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

• H5414 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

From Hebrew נָתָן (natán).

נתן • (nosn) m

1. (biblical) Nathan (an Old Testament prophet who advised King David)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Nathan