קָצַב qâtsab — to clip, or (generally) chop

pronounced kaw-tsab' · Strong's H7094 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as cut down, shorn.

a primitive root; to clip, or (generally) chop.

qâtsab in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

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

Wayyiqtol 1Participle (passive) 1

וַיִּקְצָב 2Kgs 6:6 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. (KJV)

הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת Song 4:2 Participle (passive), feminine plural

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. (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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