קָטַף

«קָטַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: pluck off — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 6998 · BDB: קָטַף

Glosses

I.will.pluck.off (1); it.is.plucked.off (1); it.plucked.off (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

pluck off tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pluck off tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. pluck off (twigs, etc.), or out (NH = BH; Arabic قَطَفَ pluck grapes; 𝔗 קְטַף, Syriac ܩܛܰܦ; cf. Assyrian ḳatâpu, appar. pluck off);— Pf. 3 ms. קָטָ֑ף Ez 17:4 he [i.e. eagle, in fig.] plucked off twigs; 2 ms. וְקָטַפְתָּ֫ Dt 23:26 (ears of grain, בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ); Impf. 1 s. אֶקְטֹף Ez 17:22 (subj. י׳; acc. + מִן from); Pt. mpl. הַקֹּטְפִים Jb 30:4 they who pluck out the mallow. Impf. 3 ms. יִקָּטֵ֑ף Jb 8:12 it is not plucked off.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «קָטַף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 30:4

הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

Word for word: [those who].pluck.off mallow on bush[es] and.[the] root of.broom.plants their.food them

JPS 1917: They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.

Job 8:12

עֹדֶ֣נּוּ בְ֭אִבּוֹ לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָל־חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ׃

Word for word: still it [is].in greenness its not it.is.plucked.off and before any herbage it.is.dried.up

JPS 1917: Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

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