ne.ta denotes a cultivated planting, used for growing crops and figuratively for Judah.

The attested usage denotes a cultivated planting: Isaiah 17:10 and Isaiah 17:11 place it in planting, growth, and harvest language, while Isaiah 5:7 applies the image to Judah and Job 14:9 uses it in a comparison for renewed foliage.

1. Cultivated planting, literal or figurative · dominant

   In Isaiah 17:10 the plural construct form occurs in the clause about planting pleasant cultivated growth, and Isaiah 17:11 uses the singular construct form in the setting of growth, sprouting seed, and harvest. In Isaiah 5:7 the singular construct form is used in the statement concerning Judah, while Job 14:9 uses the absolute form in comparing renewed foliage to a cultivated planting; the APB renders these clauses with “plantations,” “plantation,” and “like a plantation.”

   Isaiah 17:10Isaiah 17:11Isaiah 5:7Job 14:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “plantations” in Isaiah 17:10 and “plantation” in Isaiah 17:11 and Isaiah 5:7, and uses “like a plantation” in Job 14:9. These are renderings of whole translated clauses rather than definitions.