Lexical Definition

‎קָטַף‎ qâṭaph (kaw-taf') to pluck ^H:V
a primitive root

crop off, cut down (up), pluck.

• to strip off

1) to pluck off or out, cut off
1a) (Qal) to pluck off
1b) (Niphal) to be plucked off

See Greek: θερίζω · παῤῥησία · συλλέγω · συνάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָטַף‎] verb pluck off (twigs, etc.), or out (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic pluck grapes; ᵑ7 ‎קְטַף‎, Syriac ; compare Assyrian ‡atâpu, apparently pluck off); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular‎קָטָ֑ף‎ Ezek 17:4 he [i.e. eagle, in figure] plucked off twigs; 2 masculine singular ‎וְקָטַפְתָּ֫‎ Deut 23:26* (ears of grain, ‎בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ‎); Imperfect 1 singular ‎אֶקְטֹף‎ Ezek 17:22 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎; accusative +‎מִן‎ from); Participle masculine plural ‎הַקֹּטְפִים‎ Job 30:4 they who pluck out the mallow. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָקָּטֵב‎ Job 8:12 it is not plucked off.

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