קֶטֶב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6986

destruction — used 4 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

destruction tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קֶ֫טֶב: n.m. destruction tree →

The whole BDB entry

[קֹ֫טֶב] n.m. Dt 32:24 destruction;—of pestilence, abs. ק׳ Dt 32:24 (‖ רֶשֶׁף), ψ 91:6 (‖ דֶּבֶר), so sf. (of She’ôl) קָֽטָבְךָ (Ges§ 93 q) Ho 13:14 (‖ of מָוֶת, דְּבָרֶיךָ); more gen., שַׂעַר קָ֑טֶב Is 28:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: destruction (3); of destruction (1).

In the verses

Psalms 91:6 · tree →

מִ֭דֶּבֶר בָּאֹ֣פֶל יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ מִ֝קֶּ֗טֶב יָשׁ֥וּד צָהֳרָֽיִם׃

Word for word: from a.plague [which].in the gloom it.will.walk from destruction [which].it.will.devastate noon(s)

JPS 1917: Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Deuteronomy 32:24 · tree →

מְזֵ֥י רָעָ֛ב וּלְחֻ֥מֵי רֶ֖שֶׁף וְקֶ֣טֶב מְרִירִ֑י וְשֶׁן־בְּהֵמוֹת֙ אֲשַׁלַּח־בָּ֔ם עִם־חֲמַ֖ת זֹחֲלֵ֥י עָפָֽר׃

Word for word: [they.will.be].weakened of.famine and eaten of.plague and destruction bitter and tooth of.animals I.will.send on them with [the].venom of.[things.which].crawl of.[the].dust

JPS 1917: The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust.

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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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