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קָסַס
qa.sas
H7082
H:V Hebrew

to strip

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Hebrew
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qa.sas describes stripping fruit from a plant in the image of its roots being torn out.

The sole attested use depicts the stripping of a plant's fruit as part of its devastation after its roots are torn out.

Senses in use

  1. Stripping a plant's fruit · dominant

    In Ezekiel 17:9, the Poel imperfect form occurs in the question about whether the plant will prosper after its roots are torn out; the APB renders the clause "and strip its fruit," followed by the withering of all its foliage.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 17:9, the APB presents the action as "strip its fruit" within the plant-destruction image. This rendering confirms the clause's overall portrayal rather than isolating every nuance of the Hebrew form.

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