קָטַט qâṭaṭ — to clip off, i.e. (figuratively) destroy
Translated in the KJV as be cut off.
a primitive root; to clip off, i.e. (figuratively) destroy.
qâṭaṭ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יָק֥וֹט Job 8:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
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 ›