נָתַז , Pi. נִתֵּז (sec. verb of נָזָה, v. Kidd. 25ᵃ) 1) (neut. verb) to squirt, fly off. Kidd. 25ᵃ הרי … מַזֶּה ונִתְּזָה הזאה וכ׳ (perh. Nif.) if a person (priest) was sprinkling for purification, and the sprinkling flew upon his (the unclean person’s) mouth. Y. Yoma III, 41ᵃ top, a. e. מְנַתְּזִין, v. נִיצוֹץ. B. Kam. II, 1 היו … מנ׳ וכ׳ if stones flew off from under the animal’s feet; a. e. —2) (act. verb) to cause to fly off. Ib. 19ᵃ במקום … אלא אם כן מְנַתֶּזֶת where the animal cannot help making stones fly off. Nidd. 61ᵃ ונִתְּזוּ בקרדומותיהן they chopped with their axes.
Hif. - הִתִּיז (b. h. הֵתַז) to cause to fly off, to chop off; to squirt. B. Kam. l. c. בעטה והִתִּיזָה וכ׳ she kicked and made stones fly off and thus did damage. Ib. 17ᵇ. Snh. 102ᵃ כשתי מקלות שמַתִּיזוֹת זו את זו like two sticks which splinter one another. Sabb. 62ᵇ ומַתִּיזוֹת עליהם and caused the balsam to squirt at them; a. fr.—Esp. (with ראש) to decapitate. Snh. VII, 3 היו מַתִּיזִין את וכ׳ they decapitated him with a sword. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ חייבו להַתִּיז וכ׳ he sentenced him to decapitation; Cant. R. to VII, 5; a. fr.—Trnsf. to separate syllables or words distinctly, to articulate (sybillants). Y. Ber. II, 4ᵈ צריך להתיז למען תזכרו (ed. Lehm. צריך לה׳ זי"ן וכ׳) you must articulate tiz-k’ru (emphasizing the zayin, Num. XV, 40). Ib. צריך לה׳ כי לעולם חסדו you must articulate ḥas-do (so as not to make it sound ḥasto or ḥazdo.—[Gitt. 70ᵃ מַתִּיזִין גופו וכ׳ scatter the strength &c.; En Yaăk. מתישין.]
Hof. - הוּתָּז to be made to fly off, be cut off. Ḥull. 27ᵃ. Gen. R. s. 9, end יוּתַּז ראשו בסייף his head shall be cut off with a sword.