H6998

קָטַף

qa.taphH:V

to pluck

1) to pluck off or out, cut off 1a) (Qal) to pluck off 1b) (Niphal) to be plucked off

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[קָטַף] verb pluck off (twigs, etc.), or out (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic pluck grapes; ᵑ7 קְטַף, Syriac ; compare Assyrian ‡atâpu, apparently pluck off); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singularקָטָ֑ף Ezek 17:4 he [i.e. eagle, in figure] plucked off twigs; 2 masculine singular וְקָטַפְתָּ֫ Deut 23:26 (ears of grain, בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ); Imperfect 1 singular אֶקְטֹף Ezek 17:22 (subject ׳י; accusative +מִן from); Participle masculine plural הַקֹּטְפִים Job 30:4 they who pluck out the mallow. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָקָּטֵב Job 8:12 it is not plucked off.


4 occurrences

Job (2), Ezekiel (2)