קָטַף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6998

pluck off — used 5 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

pluck off tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָטַף: vb. pluck off tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. pluck off (twigs, etc.), or out (NH = BH; Arabic قَطَفَ pluck grapes; 𝔗 קְטַף, Syriac ܩܛܰܦ; cf. Assyrian ḳatâpu, appar. pluck off);— Pf. 3 ms. קָטָ֑ף Ez 17:4 he [i.e. eagle, in fig.] plucked off twigs; 2 ms. וְקָטַפְתָּ֫ Dt 23:26 (ears of grain, בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ); Impf. 1 s. אֶקְטֹף Ez 17:22 (subj. י׳; acc. + מִן from); Pt. mpl. הַקֹּטְפִים Jb 30:4 they who pluck out the mallow. Impf. 3 ms. יִקָּטֵ֑ף Jb 8:12 it is not plucked off.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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: I will pluck off (1); it is plucked off (1); it plucked off (1).

In the verses

Job 30:4 · tree →

הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

Word for word: [those who].pluck.off mallow on bush[es] and.[the] root of.broom.plants their.food them

JPS 1917: They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.

Job 8:12 · tree →

עֹדֶ֣נּוּ בְ֭אִבּוֹ לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָל־חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ׃

Word for word: still it [is].in greenness its not it.is.plucked.off and before any herbage it.is.dried.up

JPS 1917: Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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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