נָטָה (natah) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning stretch out. It appears
216 times
in 26 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5186).
Also rendered
to stretch
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1352)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1352)stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend; stretch, offer, pitch, turn; be stretched out; afternoon, apply, bow, bowing, carry aside, decline, deliver, go down, be gone, intend, lay, let down, outstretched, overthrown…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָטָהverb: stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
Qal
1.
a.stretch out, extend, hand, rod
b.stretch line and plummet
c.offer
2.Spread out, i.e. pitch, tent
3.Bend, turn, incline
Niphalbe stretched out
Hiphil
1.rarely stretch out, hand
2.rarely spread out cloth on rock
3.usually turn, incline
Strong's H5186נָטָה: to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) KJV:afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.