חָטַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2404

cut wood — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

cut wood tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָטַב: vb. cut or gather wood tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. cut or gather wood, usually firewood (NH id.; Arabic حَطَبٌ firewood, حَطَبَ collect firewood (v. Wetzst in De ψ 144:12); Ethiopic ሐጠበ cut (or gather) firewood)— Impf. יַחְטְבוּ Ez 39:10; Inf. לַחְטֹב Dt 19:5; Pt. חֹטֵב Dt 29:10; pl. חֹטְבִים 2 Ch 2:9; cstr. חֹטְבֵי Jos 9:21 + 3 times; pass. pl. f. חֲטֻבוֹת Pr 7:16—cut or gather wood, sq. acc. Dt 19:5; 29:10 (‖ שׁאב מים); cf. Ez 39:10 מן־היערים (obj. in preceding cl.); 2 Ch 2:9 (‖ כֹּרְתֵי הָעֵצִים); Pt. cstr. ח׳ עצים Je 46:22, and (‖ שֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם) Jos 9:21, 23, 27. Pt. מְחֻטָּבוֹת ψ 144:12 meaning dub.; perhaps hewn (so, in substance, Thes MV SS Ew Che Bae; v. however II. חטב), of corner-pillars (זָוִיּוֹת v. זָוִית p. 265 supr.), sim. of beautiful, stately daughters.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: cutters (4); carved (1); cut (1).

In the verses

Psalms 144:12 · tree →

אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּנֵ֨ינוּ ׀ כִּנְטִעִים֮ מְגֻדָּלִ֪ים בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥ם בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּ כְזָוִיֹּ֑ת מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹת תַּבְנִ֥ית הֵיכָֽל׃

Word for word: that sons our [will be].like.plants full.grown in youth(s) their daughters our [will be].like.corners carved [the].structure of.a.palace

JPS 1917: We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace;

Jeremiah 46:22 · tree →

קוֹלָ֖הּ כַּנָּחָ֣שׁ יֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־בְחַ֣יִל יֵלֵ֔כוּ וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔הּ כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י עֵצִֽים׃

Word for word: sound its [is].like (the) snake [which].it.goes (dm) in strength they.will.come and with axes they.will.come to it like cutters of.wood(s)

JPS 1917: The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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