קָצַב
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7094
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
cut off tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
קָצַב: vb. cut off, shear Pi. tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. cut off, shear (?) (NH קָצַב decide, determine, Pi. chop meat; Palm. קצבא butcher, so Syriac ܩܰܨܳܒܳܐ, J.Aram. קַצָּבָא, and Arabic قَصَّابٌ as loan-word Frä 258; Arabic قَضَبَ also is cut off a branch);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקְצָב־עֵץ 2 K 6:6 he cut off a stick; Pt. pass. fpl. עֵדֶר הַקְצוּבוֹת Ct 4:2 a flock of (sheep) that are shorn (?).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he cut off (1); shorn [ewes] (1).
In the verses
שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃
Word for word: teeth your [are].like.(the) flock of.(the) shorn.[ewes] which they.have.come.up from the washing which all of.them [are].bearing.twins and.[one] deprived.of.offspring there.[is].not among them
JPS 1917: Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אָ֣נָה נָפָ֑ל וַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיִּקְצָב־עֵץ֙ וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־שָׁ֔מָּה וַיָּ֖צֶף הַבַּרְזֶֽל׃
Word for word: and he.said the.man of.(the) God where? did.it.fall and he showed.him (et) the place and he.cut.off a.piece.of.wood and he.threw.[it] to (to) and he.caused.to.float the iron
JPS 1917: And the man of God said: 'Where fell it?' And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
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