קָפַד qâphad — to contract, i.e. roll together

pronounced kaw-fad' · Strong's H7088 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as cut off.

a primitive root; to contract, i.e. roll together.

qâphad in each stem

Pi'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

קִפַּ֨דְתִּי Isa 38:12 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. (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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