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

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hitˈtiz/, [hitˈtʰiːz]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈtiz/

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 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, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 943a