ga.da denotes cutting down or severing objects, and cutting off a person, group, or source of strength.

The verb most often describes the dismantling or severing of tangible items, especially cultic objects, bars, and other structures. It also marks a cutting off that removes a group, a person's strength, or a symbolic support, with the verse describing the resulting loss or collapse.

1. Dismantling or severing physical objects · dominant

   Piel forms occur in commands and reports of destroying cultic objects: in Deuteronomy 7:5 the APB renders the clause "cut down their Asherah," and in 2 Chronicles 31:1 it places the action among the removal of pillars, poles, high places, and altars. The same action is applied to incense altars in 2 Chronicles 34:4 and to iron bars in Psalm 107:16.

   Deuteronomy 7:5Deuteronomy 12:32 Chronicles 31:12 Chronicles 34:42 Chronicles 34:7Psalm 107:16
2. Cutting off strength, standing, or connection · common

   Niphal forms describe a result in which something is removed or brought down: in Judges 21:6 the APB renders a tribe as "cut off from Israel," while in Jeremiah 48:25 it renders Moab's horn as "cut off." In Zechariah 11:10, the first-person Qal form concerns cutting a rod in two, and the APB presents this act as annulling a covenant; Zechariah 11:14 similarly connects cutting the second rod with breaking brotherhood.

   1 Samuel 2:31Judges 21:6Isaiah 14:12Jeremiah 48:25Zechariah 11:10Zechariah 11:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses "cut down" or "cut off," and in Zechariah 11:10 and Zechariah 11:14 it renders the action as cutting a rod "in two." These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than assigning every English phrase to the lemma.