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# כָּתַת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3807

**beat** — used 17 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

beat [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3807/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּתַת: vb. beat, crush by beating Pi. Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3807/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. beat, crush by beating (NH id.; Aramaic כְּתַת);— Pf. 1 s. וְכַתּוֹתִ֫י ψ 89:24; Impf. i s. וָאֶכֹּת Dt 9:21; Imv. mpl. כֹּ֫תּוּ Jo 4:10; Pt. pass. כָּתוּת Is 30:14 Lv 22:24;— beat or crush fine, of a potter’s vessel Is 30:14, the golden calf Dt 9:21 (+ טָחוֹן הֵיטֵב); a sacrificial victim Lv 22:24 (i.e. its testicles; + מָעוּךְ, נָתוּק, כָּרוּת); fig. of enemies ψ 89:24. beat, hammer (ploughshares into swords, cf. Pi. 2) Jo 4:10. Pf. 3 ms. כִּתַּת 2 K 18:4 2 Ch 34:7; 3 mpl. וְכִּתְּתוּ consec. Is 2:4 + 2 times;—as Qal beat or crush fine 2 K 18:4 2 Ch 34:7 (of images); fig. of devastating the land Zc 11:6. beat, hammer (swords into ploughshares, cf. Qal 2) Is 2:4 = Mi 4:3. Pf. 3 mpl. וְכֻתְּתוּ 2 Ch 15:6 and they were beaten in pieces, one nation against another. Impf. 3 mpl. וַיַּכְּתוּ Dt 1:44 beat in pieces an enemy, sf. וַיַּכּוּם וַיַּכְּתוּם Nu 14:45. Impf. 3 ms. וּשְׁאִיָּה יֻכַּת־שָׁ֑עַר Is 24:12 and to ruins is the gate crushed; 3 mpl. יֻכַּתּוּ Mi 1:7 (of idol-images); fig. of warriors Je 46:5; of frail man Jb 4:20.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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: they will be crushed (2); they will beat (2); I crushed (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 24:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.12/#tree)

נִשְׁאַ֥ר בָּעִ֖יר שַׁמָּ֑ה וּשְׁאִיָּ֖ה יֻכַּת־שָֽׁעַר׃

*Word for word:* it.has.remained in the city desolation and ruin it.will.be.crushed \[the\].gate

*JPS 1917:* In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.

[Psalms 89:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.24/#tree)

וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י מִפָּנָ֣יו צָרָ֑יו וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יו אֶגּֽוֹף׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.crush from before him foes his and \[those who\].hate.him I.will.strike.down

*JPS 1917:* And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3807.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3807/): 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).