נ־ת־ן

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Akkadian n-d-n and less certainly Arabic ن ت ن (n-t-n). See נָתַן for more.

The "citizenship" sense comes from נָתִין (“servant of the temple”, literally “given (to the temple)”).

Root

נ־ת־ן • (n-t-n)

1. Related to giving.
2. Related to allowing, permitting.
3. Related to citizenship.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ת־ן (0 c, 11 e)

Further reading

• “נ־ת־ן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “נ־ת־ן”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “נתן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, pages 431a–b
• A. Murtonen (1989) “NTN”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 294