qe.tev denotes a destructive force portrayed amid famine, pestilence, storm, and wasting.

The attested verses portray qe.tev as destruction or a destructive force: it stands among famine and pestilence in Deuteronomy 32:24, is compared with a destroying tempest in Isaiah 28:2, and is described as wasting at midday in Psalm 91:6.

1. Destructive force or wasting · dominant

   All three occurrences use a masculine singular absolute noun in scenes of devastation. In Deuteronomy 32:24 the APB renders a sequence of famine, pestilence, and “bitter destruction”; in Isaiah 28:2 it renders a “destroying tempest”; and in Psalm 91:6 it speaks of “the destruction that wastes at midday.”

   Deuteronomy 32:24Isaiah 28:2Psalm 91:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its verse-level wording between “bitter destruction,” “destroying tempest,” and “the destruction that wastes at midday.” These phrases confirm the destructive settings without isolating a precise English equivalent in every clause.