נתן

Hebrew
Root
נ־ת־ן‎ (n-t-n)

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܢܬܢ‎ (nəṯan, “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) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָתֵת‎, future ייתן / יִתֵּן‎, imperative תֵּן‎, passive counterpart ניתן / נִתַּן‎)

  1. to give
    • 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.’
    • Deuteronomy 11:21
      ‏לְמַעַן יִרְבּוּ יְמֵיכֶם וִימֵי בְנֵיכֶם עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע ה׳ לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם לָתֵת לָהֶם כִּימֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם עַל הָאָרֶץ׃‎‎
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to allow, permit, let
    • 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
    • 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.

Conjugation
Conjugation of נָתַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נָתַתִּי‎נָתַנּוּ‎
second נָתַתָּ‎נָתַתְּ‎נְתַתֶּם‎1נְתַתֶּן‎1
third נָתַןנָתְנָה‎נָתְנוּ‎
present נוֹתֵן‎נוֹתֶנֶת‎נוֹתְנִים‎נוֹתְנוֹת‎
future first אֶתֵּן‎ניתן / נִתֵּן‎
second תיתן / תִּתֵּן‎תיתני / תִּתְּנִי‎תיתנו / תִּתְּנוּ‎תיתנה / תִּתֵּנָּה‎2
third ייתן / יִתֵּן‎תיתן / תִּתֵּן‎ייתנו / יִתְּנוּ‎תיתנה / תִּתֵּנָּה‎2
imperative תֵּן‎תְּנִי‎תְּנוּ‎תֵּנָּה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced נָתַתֶּם‎ and נָתַתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

Verb

נִתַּן • (nitán) (nif'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of ניתן‎

Proper noun

נָתָן • (natán) m

  1. Nathan (biblical prophet)
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Nathan or Natan

References

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew נָתָן‎ (natán).

Proper noun

נתן • (nosn) m

  1. Nathan (biblical prophet)
  2. a male given name: Nathan
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