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# קָצַץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7112

**cut off** — used 14 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 off [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7112/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָצַץ: vb. cut off [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7112/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut off (NH id., also קֵץ end; Assyrian ḳaṣâṣu, hew off, cut off, kiṣṣatu, boundry-stone, Belser BAS ii. 120, 139, cf. Hilpr Assyriaca i. 12; Arabic قَصَّ cut, clip, cut off; Aramaic קְצַץ, ܩܨܶܨ cut off, קִיצָּא, ܩܶܨܳܐ end);— Pf. 2 ms. consec. וְקַצֹּתָה Dt 25:12 (acc. כַּפָּהּ); Pt. pass. pl. cstr. קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה Je 9:25; 25:23; 49:32 (v. פֵּאָה 1). Pf. 3 ms. קִצֵּץ ψ 129:4, וְק׳ consec. Ex 39:3 ψ 46:10, קִצַּץ 2 K 18:16; Impf. וַיְקַצֵּץ 16:17 +, etc.;—cut or hew off, thumbs, toes, Ju 1:6, hands and feet 2 S 4:12; cut in two, spear (חֲנִית) ψ 46:10, threads Ex 39:3 (P), cords ψ 129:4 (fig.); cut in pieces, vessels (of gold) 2 K 24:13 2 Ch 28:24; bases (הַמְּכֹנוֹת) 2 K 16:17 (so Kit Benz, transposing הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת), doors 2 K 18:16 (both, for the sake of metal sheathing). Pt. pl. מְקֻצָּצִים Ju 1:7 hewn off (as v 6 supr.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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: \[those who are\] cut off (3); he cut off (2); he cut up (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 129:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.4/#tree)

יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].righteous he.has.cut.off \[the\].rope of.wicked.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

[Deuteronomy 25:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.12/#tree)

וְקַצֹּתָ֖ה אֶת־כַּפָּ֑הּ לֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶֽךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and you.will.cut.off (et) palm her not it.will.look.with.pity eye your

*JPS 1917:* then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7112.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7112/): 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).