to uproot
na.tash describes removing people, nations, kingdoms, or planted things from an established place.
The attested use describes removal from a land, place, or established position: nations and peoples may be removed from their land, a kingdom may be displaced, and planted imagery can be removed. Several clauses contrast such removal with building and planting, or deny that it will happen again.
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Remove from land or an established place · dominant
The term is used of Israel's removal from the land in 1 Kings 14:15 and of neighboring peoples and Judah being removed from their land and midst in Jeremiah 12:14. In Jeremiah 1:10, the Qal infinitive occurs in a commission concerning nations and kingdoms alongside tearing down, destroying, overthrowing, building, and planting; in Daniel 11:4, a kingdom is described as removed and given to others. Ezekiel 19:12 applies the action to a figure cast down and dried up, while Jeremiah 24:6 and Amos 9:15 negate the action in promises of continued planting and settlement.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the action with "uproot" or "uprooted," especially in clauses about land, planting, and kingdoms. Its wording confirms the larger clauses but does not by itself isolate the term in every occurrence.