נָטַל nâṭal

Meaning

to lift; by implication, to impose

In the King James Version: bear, offer, take up.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• 2 Samuel 24:12 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
• Isaiah 40:15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
• Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
• Lamentations 3:28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.