Lexical Definition

‎קָצִיר‎ qâtsîyr (kaw-tseer') harvest ^H:N-M
from ‎קָצַר‎

bough, branch, harvest (man).

• severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively
• also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)

1) harvest, harvesting
1a) process of harvesting
1b) crop, what is harvested or reaped
1c) time of harvest
2) boughs, branches

See Greek: ἀγρός · θερισμός · θέρος · κλῆμα · συνάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: קָצַר

I. ‎קָצִיר‎ noun masculine^{Jer 8:20} harvesting, harvest (compare Lag^{BN 173}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Gen 45:6 +, construct ‎קְצִיר‎ Judg 15:1 +; suffix ‎קְצִירְךָ‎ Lev 19:9 +, etc.; — harvest:

1. process of harvesting, Gen 45:6 (E; + ‎חָרִישׁ‎), Ruth 2:21.

2. what is reaped, harvested, crop, specifically of grain: Gen 8:22 (+‎זֶרַע‎; J), Isa 17:11 (figurative; compare ‎נוד‎; || ‎זֶרַע‎), ‎יְאֹר‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Isa 23:3 (|| id.) i.e. exported grain of Egypt; ‎חִטִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎קְ‎ Exod 34:22 (JE), insert also 2Sam 24:15 (ᵐ5 Th We Dr and others), ‎׳‎‎לֶקֶט ק‎ Lev 19:9 b Lev 23:22 b; ‎׳‎‎ק‎ as eaten Jer 5:17; Job 5:5 (but read here ‎קָֽצְרוּ‎ ᵐ5 Me Bu and others, compare Bev^{Jphil. xxvi. 304}); as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎קָצַר‎ 1Sam 8:12; Deut 24:19; Lev 19:9a; Lev 23:10 (twice in verse); Lev 23:22 a ‎׳‎‎סְפִיחַ ק‎ Lev 25:5 (all H), ‎חִטִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎קְ‎ 1Sam 6:13 of ripe grain Isa 1:11 (‎שָׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎קְ‎), Isa 4:13 (‎׳‎‎בָּשַׁל ק‎); figurative of punishment Hos 6:11 of vintage Isa 16:9 (|| ‎קַיִץ‎; read probably ‎בָּצִיר‎ as || Jer 48:32, Buhl^{Lex 13}).

3. time of harvest, Exod 34:21 (+ ‎חָרִישׁ‎; J E), 2Sam 21:10 (2Sam 23:13 read ‎הַצּוּר‎ as || 1Chr 11:15, so ᵐ5^L for Lucian Th We and most), Isa 9:2* (simile), Isa 18:5 (figurative), Jer 5:24, || ‎קַיִץ‎ Jer 8:20; Prov 6:8; Prov 10:5; Prov 26:1 (simile); opposed to ‎חרֶף‎ Prov 20:4 ‎׳‎‎יְמֵי ק‎ Josh 3:21 (JE), 2Sam 21:9 a ‎׳‎‎יוֺם ק‎ Prov 25:13 (simile), ‎׳‎‎עֵח(הַֿ) ק‎ Jer 50:16; Jer 51:33 (figurative); of wheatharvest, ‎חִטִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎יְמֵי קְ‎ Gen 30:14 (J), Judg 15:1, without ‎יְמֵי‎ Ruth 2:23 b, ‎הַיּוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎חֿ‎‎׳‎‎הֲלוֺא קְ‎ 1Sam 12:17 barley harvest, ‎(הַ)שְׂצֹרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎קְ‎ 2Sam 21:9b Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:23a; Isa 18:4 ‎חֹם קָצִיר‎ Isa 18:4 ‎׳‎‎חַג הַקּ‎ Exod 23:16 (E). On harvest in Palestine see Vogelst^{Landwirthsch. 57 ff.} Hayman^{Smith DB AGRICULTURE}. — Isa 17:5 read ‎קֹצֵר‎, see ‎קָצִר‎.

II. ‎קָצִיר‎ noun masculine^{Isa 27:11} usually collective, boughs, branches (connection with above √ dubious); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Job 14:9 suffix ‎קְצִירִי‎ Job 29:19 (in figurative; || ‎שֹׁרֶשׁ‎), ‎קְצִירוֺ‎ Job 18:16 (figurative; || id.); ‎קְצִירָהּ‎ Isa 27:11 plural sf, ‎קְצִירֶיהָ‎ Ps 80:12*. ‎קְצָת‎ see I. ‎קצה‎. ‎קַר‎, ‎קֹר‎ see I. ‎קרר‎. ‎קִר‎ see I. ‎קִיר‎.

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