כָּסַח kâçach — to cut off
Translated in the KJV as cut down.
a primitive root; to cut off.
kâçach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (passive) 2
כְּסוּחָ֑ה Ps 80:17 Participle (passive), feminine singular
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
כְּסוּחִ֖ים Isa 33:12 Participle (passive), masculine plural
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›