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title: קָצַב — cut off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָצַב (7094), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cut off. BDB 1906: vb. cut off, shear Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָצַב

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«קָצַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cut 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7094 · **BDB:** קָצַב

### Glosses

he.cut.off (1); shorn.\[ewes\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7094/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cut off, shear Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7094/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut off, shear (?) (NH קָצַב decide, determine, Pi. chop meat; Palm. קצבא butcher, so Syriac ܩܰܨܳܒܳܐ, J.Aram. קַצָּבָא, and Arabic قَصَّابٌ as loan-word Frä 258; Arabic قَضَبَ also is cut off a branch);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקְצָב־עֵץ 2 K 6:6 he cut off a stick; Pt. pass. fpl. עֵדֶר הַקְצוּבוֹת Ct 4:2 a flock of (sheep) that are shorn (?).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָצַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7094/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.2/)

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שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* teeth your \[are\].like.(the) flock of.(the) shorn.\[ewes\] which they.have.come.up from the washing which all of.them \[are\].bearing.twins and.\[one\] deprived.of.offspring there.\[is\].not among them

*JPS 1917:* Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.

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[2 Kings 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.6/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אָ֣נָה נָפָ֑ל וַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיִּקְצָב־עֵץ֙ וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־שָׁ֔מָּה וַיָּ֖צֶף הַבַּרְזֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the.man of.(the) God where? did.it.fall and he showed.him (et) the place and he.cut.off a.piece.of.wood and he.threw.\[it\] to (to) and he.caused.to.float the iron

*JPS 1917:* And the man of God said: 'Where fell it?' And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.

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