Lexicon
קָצַב
qa.tsav
H7094
H:V Hebrew

to shear

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

qa.tsav denotes cutting, shown of wood being cut and ewes described as shorn.

The attested uses describe cutting: an active act involving wood in 2 Kings 6:6 and a passive description of ewes as shorn in Song of Songs 4:2.

Senses in use

  1. Cutting, including shearing · dominant

    In 2 Kings 6:6, the Qal sequential imperfect occurs in the action after the man of God is shown the place; the APB renders the clause, "Then he cut wood and threw it there." In Song of Songs 4:2, the Qal passive participle describes the ewes in the comparison with the woman's teeth; the APB renders them as "shorn ewes."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the active occurrence in 2 Kings 6:6 as "cut wood" and the passive participle in Song of Songs 4:2 as "shorn ewes." These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.

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