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title: קָטַף — pluck off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָטַף (6998), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: pluck off. BDB 1906: vb. pluck off. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָטַף

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«קָטַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pluck 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:** 6998 · **BDB:** קָטַף

### Glosses

I.will.pluck.off (1); it.is.plucked.off (1); it.plucked.off (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pluck off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6998/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pluck off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6998/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pluck off (twigs, etc.), or out (NH = BH; Arabic قَطَفَ pluck grapes; 𝔗 קְטַף, Syriac ܩܛܰܦ; cf. Assyrian ḳatâpu, appar. pluck off);— Pf. 3 ms. קָטָ֑ף Ez 17:4 he \[i.e. eagle, in fig.\] plucked off twigs; 2 ms. וְקָטַפְתָּ֫ Dt 23:26 (ears of grain, בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ); Impf. 1 s. אֶקְטֹף Ez 17:22 (subj. י׳; acc. + מִן from); Pt. mpl. הַקֹּטְפִים Jb 30:4 they who pluck out the mallow. Impf. 3 ms. יִקָּטֵ֑ף Jb 8:12 it is not plucked off.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָטַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6998/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.4/)

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הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].pluck.off mallow on bush\[es\] and.\[the\] root of.broom.plants their.food them

*JPS 1917:* They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.

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[Job 8:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.12/)

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עֹדֶ֣נּוּ בְ֭אִבּוֹ לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָל־חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* still it \[is\].in greenness its not it.is.plucked.off and before any herbage it.is.dried.up

*JPS 1917:* Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

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