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title: כָּתַת — beat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּתַת (3807), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: beat. BDB 1906: vb. beat, crush by beating Pi. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּתַת

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«כָּתַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beat** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 3807 · **BDB:** כָּתַת

### Glosses

they.will.be.crushed (2); they.will.beat (2); I.crushed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּתַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3807/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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