Chatah חָתָה
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| חָתָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chatah |
| Strong's number | H2846 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to snatch up |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (2) |
Chatah (Hebrew חָתָה, Strong's H2846) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to snatch up”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
(Qal) to take hold of, seize, take away, pile up, snatch up (coals)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | take (2), away (1), heap (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | he will snatch you up (1), embrace (1), will heap (1), large enough to scoop (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chatah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Proverbs
- Proverbs 6:27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
- Proverbs 25:22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 30:14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).