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# קָצַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7114

**reap** — used 34 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

reap [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7114/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָצַר: vb. Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7114/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. reap, harvest (NH id., also קָצִיר harvest; cf. Assyrian ḳaṣâru, join together, collect; v. DlPr 166 f. ZehnpfBAS i. 503 (not Syriac ܩܛܰܪ bind, Ethiopic ቈጸረ \[ቈፀረ\] constringere, v. NöZMG xl (1886), 735));— Pf. 3 pl. קָצָ֑רוּ Je 12:13, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְצוֹר Is 17:5; Ec 11:4 + Pr 22:8 Kt (Qr יִקְצָר־); 3 mpl. יִקְצֹרוּן Ru 2:9, etc.; Imv. mpl. קִצְרוּ Ho 10:12 +; Inf. cstr. לִקְצֹר 1 S 8:12 +; sf. קֻצְרֶ֑ךָ Lv 23:22, קֻצְרְכֶם 19:9; 23:22; Pt. קוֹצֵר Je 9:21 +, etc.:—reap, c. acc. of crop: acc. cogn. קָצִיר 1 S 6:13; 8:12 (+ חָרַשׁ), Lv 19:9; 23:10, 22 (all H) Dt 24:19; acc. of grain Is 17:5 (fig.; ‖ אָסַף), Jb 24:6 (Qr; Kt vid. Hiph.), cf. Lv 25:5 (H), v 11 (P; + זָרַע), so (obj. om.) 2 K 19:29 = Is 37:30, Mi 6:15 (opp. זָרַע), Lv 19:9b; 23:22b; Ru 2:9; Ec 11:4 (+ זָרַע); obj. קֹצִים Je 12:13 (opp. זָרַע); Pt. = reaper Am 9:13 (+ חוֹרֵשׁ), Je 9:21 (sim.), ψ 129:7 (‖ מְעַמֵּר), + Is 17:5 (for קָצִיר, so BuhlLex 13 Marti); pl. 2 K 4:18; Ru 2:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14; fig. of reaping fruits of righteousness Ho 10:12 (+ זָרַע), of evil Ho 8:7 (both + זָרַע), 10:13 (+ חָרַשׁ), Jb 4:8 (+ חָרַשׁ, זָרַע), Pr 22:8; ψ 126:5 they that sow (זָרַע) in tears shall reap in joy. Impf. יקצירו Jb 24:6 Kt (יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ, v. supr.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: harvesters (6); harvest (5); you will harvest (4).

## In the verses

[Psalms 126:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.126.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.126.5/#tree)

הַזֹּרְעִ֥ים בְּדִמְעָ֗ה בְּרִנָּ֥ה יִקְצֹֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].sow with tear\[s\] with a.shout.of.joy they.will.reap

*JPS 1917:* They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

[Proverbs 22:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.8/#tree)

זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יִקְצָר־אָ֑וֶן וְשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣וֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].sows unrighteousness he.will.reap trouble and the.rod his.fury his it.will.end

*JPS 1917:* He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath shall fail.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7114.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7114/): 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).