נְטִישָׁה
𐤍𐤈𐤉𐤔𐤄
nᵉṭîyshâh
H5189 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
A slender offshoot or shoot, especially the tendril or runner of a climbing plant, such as a vine. In some contexts, specifically refers to the projecting parts of a plant (tendrils), or, by metaphorical extension, the battlements or parapets extending from a city wall, though the primary meaning is botanical.
Semantic Range
tendril, shoot, offshoot, slender branch or runner of a plant; (by extension) parapet, battlement, architectural projection
Root / Etymology
Derived from the root נטש ('n-t-sh'), meaning 'to stretch out, extend, leave, abandon.' The noun form takes the idea of something extended or stretched out, especially a runner or shoot from a plant, and by extension, architectural projections or battlements. Lexical meaning develops from the sense of 'stretching out' into either literal plant tendrils or figurative extensions from a structure.
Historical & Contextual Notes
In the Hebrew Bible, נְטִישָׁה most commonly refers to the tendril or runner of a vine (see Jeremiah 48:32). In some interpretive traditions and translations, notably in medieval Jewish commentators and the Septuagint, the term can also denote the projecting features of a wall (battlements or ramparts), although this is more interpretive and context-dependent. The primary usage is botanical, with military/structural sense being rare and often in later interpretive layers. It should be distinguished from other Hebrew words for branch or bough, such as זֵמָּר (zēmār — pruning, shoot) or דֶּלֶף (delef — dripping, but sometimes used for items protruding or overhanging). Standard English translations at times obscure the plant-specific sense by rendering the term as 'battlement' in certain contexts, but the weight of linguistic evidence points to a botanical referent as the primary meaning.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
from נָטַשׁ; a tendril (as an offshoot); battlement, branch, plant.
Bantu Hebrew
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נטש (n-t-sh) — to stretch out, extend, leave, abandon
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H5203 | נָטַשׁ | he abandoned |
Word Forms
3 distinct forms
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H5189-01 |
הַ/נְּטִישׁ֖וֹת | hanetishot | HTd/Ncfpa |
the spreading branches | the tendrils | 1 |
H5189-03 |
נְטִ֣ישׁוֹתֶ֔י/הָ | netishoteyha | HNcfpc/Sp3fs |
her branches | her tendril-offshoots | 1 |
H5189-02 |
נְטִֽישֹׁתַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ | netishotayikhe | HNcfpc/Sp2fs |
your tendrils | your outstretched tendrils | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H5189-01 |
Isaiah 18:5 | הַ/נְּטִישׁ֖וֹת | hanetishot | HTd/Ncfpa |
the spreading branches | the tendrils |
H5189-03 |
Jeremiah 5:10 | נְטִ֣ישׁוֹתֶ֔י/הָ | netishoteyha | HNcfpc/Sp3fs |
her branches | her tendril-offshoots |
H5189-02 |
Jeremiah 48:32 | נְטִֽישֹׁתַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ | netishotayikhe | HNcfpc/Sp2fs |
your tendrils | your outstretched tendrils |