קָמַט qâmaṭ — to pluck, i.e. destroy

pronounced kaw-mat' · Strong's H7059 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as cut down, fill with wrinkles.

a primitive root; to pluck, i.e. destroy.

qâmaṭ in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1

וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי Job 16:8 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine singular

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. (KJV)

Pu'al 1×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

קֻמְּט֥וּ Job 22:16 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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