קָצָהqâtsâh
cut off
Pronunciation: kaw-tsaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7096
Meanings
Qal: cutting off (Habakkuk 2:10)
Pi`el: cut off, read probably לִקְצוֺף to be angry with (2 Kings 10:32; Isaiah 14:6; Proverbs 26:6)
Hiph`il: in both apparently = קָצַע scrape, scrape off, and so probably read, namely הִקְצְעוּ (Leviticus 14:41; Leviticus 14:43)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 14:41 Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town.
- Leviticus 14:43 “But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered,
- 2 Kings 10:32 At about that time the Lord began to cut down the size of Israel’s territory. King Hazael conquered several sections of the country
- Proverbs 26:6 Trusting a fool to convey a message is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
- Habakkuk 2:10 But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).