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title: חָבַט — beat off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָבַט (2251), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: beat off. BDB 1906: vb. beat off, beat out. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָבַט

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«חָבַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beat off** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 2251 · **BDB:** חָבֵט

### Glosses

\[was\].beating.out (1); he.will.beat.out (1); it.is.beaten.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beat off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2251/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. beat off, beat out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2251/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. beat off, beat out (NH id., strike, beat, Arabic خَبَط, Aramaic ܚܒܰܛ, חֲבַט)— Impf. יַחְבֹּט Is 27:12; 3 fs. וַתַּחְבֹּט Ru 2:17; 2 ms. תַּחְבֹּט Dt 24:20; Pt. חֹבֵט Ju 6:11;— beat off, זֵיתְךָ Dt 24:20. beat out (grain), Gideon חֹבֵט חִטִּים בַּגַּת Ju 6:11, so Ru 2:17, of small quantities;—distinct from threshing on open floor, with cattle; fig. of י׳’s judgment, and subsequent gathering of Isr. Is 27:12 (no obj. expr.), so Che Di Du; Ges Hi Kn Brd place sub 1; VB undecided. Impf. יֵחָ֫בֶט Is. 28:27 fennel (קֶצַח) beaten out בַּמַּטֶּה.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָבַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2251/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.17/)

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וַתְּלַקֵּ֥ט בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וַתַּחְבֹּט֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּ֔טָה וַיְהִ֖י כְּאֵיפָ֥ה שְׂעֹרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and she.gleaned in the field until the evening and she.beat.out (et) \[that\].which she.had.gleaned and it.was about an.ephah barley(s)

*JPS 1917:* So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

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[Deuteronomy 24:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.20/)

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כִּ֤י תַחְבֹּט֙ זֵֽיתְךָ֔ לֹ֥א תְפָאֵ֖ר אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ לַגֵּ֛ר לַיָּת֥וֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה יִהְיֶֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.beat tree your.olive not you.will.go.over.the.branches behind you to the sojourner to the.fatherless one and to the widow it.will.belong

*JPS 1917:* When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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