ba.taq describes cutting a person to pieces in a sword attack.

The attested use describes the violent cutting of a person to pieces in the context of an attack with swords.

1. Cutting a person to pieces · dominant

   In Ezekiel 16:40, the Piel sequential perfect plural form occurs in the threatened sequence of an assembly stoning and attacking the addressee; the APB renders the clause, “and cut you to pieces with their swords.”

   Ezekiel 16:40

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 16:40, the APB presents the action as “cut you to pieces with their swords.” This rendering confirms the clause's violent action without isolating every element of the Hebrew expression.