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To snatch up

חָתָהStrong’s H2846

chatah (cha-tah)

Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chatah is the Hebrew word usually translated “snatch up you” and “snatch up”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

“God 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.”
Psalms 52:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to take hold of, seize, take away, pile up, snatch up (coals)
How it's translated
  • he will snatch up you 1
  • will he snatch up 1
  • snatch up 1
  • to snatch up 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 2
  • Psalms 1
  • Isaiah 1

3 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

חָתָה chatah · to snatch up

(Qal) to take hold of, seize, take away, pile up, snatch up (coals)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.