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title: קָצָה — cut off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָצָה (7096), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: cut off. BDB 1906: vb. cut off. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָצָה

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«קָצָה» 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7096 · **BDB:** קָצָה

### Glosses

\[one.who\].cuts.off (1); by.cutting.off (1); cut.off (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7096/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cut off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7096/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut off (NH id., separate, Ph. קצה cut off, exterminate; Aramaic קְצָא, ܩܨܳܐ break off (e.g. bread); Arabic قَصَا be remote, قُصْيَا remote extremity);— Inf. קְצוֹת עַמִּים Hb 2:10 cutting off many peoples; Vrss קַצּוֹתָ (√ קצץ); Gr Now conj. הֲצִיקוֹתָ. Inf. cstr. לְקַצּוֹת בְּ 2 K 10:32 to cut off in Israel; read prob. לִקְצוֹף to be angry with, 𝔗 Hi Che Crit. n. Is 14:6 (in Comm.) Kmp Kau Benz, 𝔙 Gr לָקוּץ; Pt. מְקַצֶּה רַגְלַיִם Pr 26:6 (fig.). Pf. 3 pl. הִקְצוּ Lv 14:41, acc. dust; Inf. cstr. הִקְצוֹת v 43, acc. house, in both appar. = קָצַע scrape, scrape off (q.v., v 41a), and so prob. read, viz. הִקְצְעוּ, הַקְצִיעַ, RS JPhil. xvi (1888), 72 Dr-Wh Di-Ry Baen.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7096/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.6/)

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מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּיַד־כְּסִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].cuts.off feet violence \[one.who\].drinks \[one.who\].sends words by.\[the\] hand of.a.fool

*JPS 1917:* He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.

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[Habakkuk 2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.10/)

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יָעַ֥צְתָּ בֹּ֖שֶׁת לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ קְצוֹת־עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים וְחוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.have.planned shame for house your by.cutting.off peoples many and \[you.have\].sinned self your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast forfeited thy life.

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