Lexical Definition

‎חָטַב‎ châṭab (khaw-tab') to chop ^H:V
a primitive root

cut down, hew(-er), polish.

• to chop or carve wood

1) to cut, gather
1a) (Qal) to cut, gather (wood)
1b) (Pual) to cut, carve

See Greek: ἐργάζομαι · κόπτω · συνάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎חָטַב‎] verb cut or gather wood, usually firewood (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic firewood, collect firewood (see Wetzst in De^{Ps 144:12}); Ethiopic cut (or gather) firewood) —

Qal Imperfect ‎יַחְטְבוּ‎ Ezek 39:10 Infinitive ‎לַחְטֹב‎ Deut 19:5 Participle ‎חֹטֵב‎ Deut 29:10* plural ‎חֹטְבִים‎ 2Chr 2:9* construct ‎חֹטְבֵי‎ Josh 9:21 + 3 t.; passive plural feminine ‎חֲטֻבוֺת‎ Prov 7:16 — cut or gather wood, followed by accusative Deut 19:5; Deut 29:10* (|| ‎שׁאב מים‎); compare Ezek 39:10 ‎מןהֿיערים‎ (object in preceding clause); 2Chr 2:9* (|| ‎כֹּרְתֵי הָעֵצִים‎); Participle construct ‎עצים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Jer 46:22, and (|| ‎שֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם‎) Josh 9:21; Josh 9:23; Josh 9:27. Pu`al Participle ‎מְחֻטָּבוֺת‎ Ps 144:12 meaning dubious; perhaps hewn (so, in substance, Thes MV SS Ew Che Bae; see however II. ‎חטב‎), of corner-pillars (‎זָוִיּוֺת‎ see ‎זָוִית‎ above), simile of beautiful, stately daughters.

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