Lexical Definition

‎חָבַט‎ châbaṭ (khaw-bat') to beat ^H:V
a primitive root

beat (off, out), thresh.

• to knock out or off

1) to beat, beat out, beat off, thresh
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to beat out
1a2) to beat off
1b) (Niphal) to be beaten out

See Greek: ἐκτινάσσω · ῥαβδίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חָבַט‎] verb beat off, beat out (Late Hebrew id.; strike, beat, Arabic , Aramaic , ‎חֲבַט‎) —

Qal Imperfect ‎יַחְבֹּט‎ Isa 27:12 3 feminine singular ‎וַתַּחְבֹּט‎ Ruth 2:17 2 masculine singular ‎תַּחְבֹּט‎ Deut 24:20 Participle ‎חֹבֵט‎ Judg 6:11 —

1. beat off, ‎זֵיתְךָ‎ Deut 24:20.

2. beat out (grain), Gideon ‎חֹבֵט חִטִּים בַּגַּת‎ Judg 6:11, so Ruth 2:17, of small quantities; — distinct from threshing on open floor, with cattle; figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgment, and subsequent gathering of Israel Isa 27:12 (no object expressed), so Che Di Du; Ges Hi Kn Brd place below 1; VB undecided. Niph`al Imperfect ‎יֵחָ֫בֶט‎ Isa 28:27 fennel (‎קֵצַךְ‎) beaten out ‎בַּמַּטֶּה‎.

‎חֲבָיָה‎, ‎חֲבִיָּה‎, ‎חֳבָיָה‎ see below ‎חבה‎. ‎חֶבְיוֺן‎ see below ‎חבה‎.

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