qo.tev denotes a destructive threat in Hosea’s challenge to death and Sheol.

The lone attested use places qo.tev in Hosea’s challenge to death and Sheol, where it denotes a destructive threat within that confrontation.

1. Destructive threat addressed to death · dominant

   In Hosea 13:14, the construct masculine singular form occurs in a challenge directed toward death and Sheol. The APB renders the surrounding questions, “where are your plagues, O death? Where is your sting, O Sheol?”, confirming a setting of destructive power while not identifying a word-for-word equivalent for this form.

   Hosea 13:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hosea 13:14, the APB presents the clause through questions about “plagues” and “sting.” Its exact English equivalent for qo.tev cannot be isolated with certainty.