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title: קָצַץ — cut off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָצַץ (7112), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: cut off. BDB 1906: vb. cut off. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָצַץ

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«קָצַץ» 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 7112 · **BDB:** קָצַץ

### Glosses

\[those.who.are\].cut.off (3); he.cut.off (2); he.cut.up (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7112/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cut off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7112/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut off (NH id., also קֵץ end; Assyrian ḳaṣâṣu, hew off, cut off, kiṣṣatu, boundry-stone, Belser BAS ii. 120, 139, cf. Hilpr Assyriaca i. 12; Arabic قَصَّ cut, clip, cut off; Aramaic קְצַץ, ܩܨܶܨ cut off, קִיצָּא, ܩܶܨܳܐ end);— Pf. 2 ms. consec. וְקַצֹּתָה Dt 25:12 (acc. כַּפָּהּ); Pt. pass. pl. cstr. קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה Je 9:25; 25:23; 49:32 (v. פֵּאָה 1). Pf. 3 ms. קִצֵּץ ψ 129:4, וְק׳ consec. Ex 39:3 ψ 46:10, קִצַּץ 2 K 18:16; Impf. וַיְקַצֵּץ 16:17 +, etc.;—cut or hew off, thumbs, toes, Ju 1:6, hands and feet 2 S 4:12; cut in two, spear (חֲנִית) ψ 46:10, threads Ex 39:3 (P), cords ψ 129:4 (fig.); cut in pieces, vessels (of gold) 2 K 24:13 2 Ch 28:24; bases (הַמְּכֹנוֹת) 2 K 16:17 (so Kit Benz, transposing הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת), doors 2 K 18:16 (both, for the sake of metal sheathing). Pt. pl. מְקֻצָּצִים Ju 1:7 hewn off (as v 6 supr.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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 «קָצַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7112/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 129:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.4/)

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יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].righteous he.has.cut.off \[the\].rope of.wicked.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

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[Deuteronomy 25:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.12/)

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וְקַצֹּתָ֖ה אֶת־כַּפָּ֑הּ לֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶֽךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and you.will.cut.off (et) palm her not it.will.look.with.pity eye your

*JPS 1917:* then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

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