Lexical Definition

‎קָצַר‎ qâtsar (kaw-tsar') be short ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.

• to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
• especially to harvest (grass or grain)

1) to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved
1a) (Qal) to be short
1b) (Piel) to shorten
1c) (Hiphil) to shorten
2) to reap, harvest
2a) (Qal) to reap, harvest
2b) (Hiphil) to reap, harvest

See Greek: ἐκδέχομαι · θερίζω · παροργίζω · στενοχωρέω · τρυγάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָצֵר‎], I. ‎קָצַר‎ (Ges^{«GKC:44c»§ 44c} Sta^{§ 384, 2}) verb be short (Late Hebrew ‎קָצֵר‎ short, ‎קִצֵּר‎ shorten; Arabic shorten, be short, with come short of; Jewish-Aramaic ‎קְצַר‎ be short); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎קָצַר‎ Isa 28:20; Mic 2:7 (SS ‎קְצַר‎ from adjective ‎קָצֵר‎); 3 feminine singular ‎קָֽצְרָה‎ Isa 50:2; Isa 59:1 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּקְצַר‎ Job 21:4 +, 3 feminine plural ‎תִּקְצֹרְנָה‎ Prov 10:27 Infinitive absolute ‎קָצוֺר‎ Isa 50:2 Passive participle feminine plural ‎קְצֻרוֺת‎ Ezek 42:5 — be short, of bed Isa 28:20 (figurative), of ‎לְשָׁכוֺת‎ Ezek 42:5 especially (figurative) of ‎׳‎‎יַד י‎, i.e. be ineffective, powerless Num 11:23 (JE), with ‎מִן‎ compare Isa 50:2 (+ infinitive absolute), Isa 59:1 with ‎בֶפֶשׁ‎, ‎רוּחַ‎, = be impatient (opposed to [‎אָרַח‎] Hiph`il 1 (c)): ‎נֶפֶשׁ הָעָם‎ ‎׳‎‎וִתִּק‎ Num 21:4b (JE), of utter discouragement, compare (of ‎רוּחַ‎) Job 21:4 ‎נַפְשׁוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎וַתִּק‎ Judg 16:16 i.e. he was worn out (by importunity), so of prophets (representing ‎׳‎‎י‎) Zech 11:8 (‎ב‎ person) reach limit of patience with, endurance of; of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Judg 10:16 (‎ב‎ of thing); ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ י‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Mic 2:7 (see above); ‎׳‎‎ק‎ of time Prov 10:27 (years of wicked). Pi`el shorten Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎קִצַּר יָמַי‎ Ps 102:24*. Hiph`il id., Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎הִקְצַרְתָּ יְמֵי וגו‎ Ps 89:46*.

Also see: קָצִיר

II. [‎קָצַר‎] verb reap, harvest (Late Hebrew id., also ‎קָצִיר‎ harvest; compare Assyrian ‡aƒâru join together, collect; see Dl^{Pr 166 f.} Zehnpf^{BAS i. 503} (not Syriac bind, Ethiopic : [] constringere, see Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 735})); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎קָצָ֑רוּ‎ Jer 12:13, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִקְצוֺר‎ Isa 17:5; Eccl 11:4 + Prov 22:8 Kt (Qr ‎יִקְצָרֿ‎); 3 masculine plural ‎יִקְצֹרוּן‎ Ruth 2:9, etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎קִצְרוּ‎ Hos 10:12 +; Infinitive construct ‎לִקְצֹר‎ 1Sam 8:12 +; suffix ‎קֻצְרֶ֑ךָ‎ Lev 23:22, ‎קֻצְרְכֶם‎ Lev 19:9; Lev 23:22 Participle ‎קוֺצֵר‎ Jer 9:21* +, etc.: — reap, with accusative of crop: accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎קָצִיר‎ 1Sam 6:13; 1Sam 8:12 (+ ‎חָרִשׁ‎), Lev 19:9; Lev 23:10; Lev 23:22 (all H) Deut 24:19 accusative of grain Isa 17:5 (figurative; || ‎אָסַף‎), Job 24:6 (Qr; Kt see Hiph`il), compare Lev 25:5 (H), vLev 25:11 (P; + ‎זָרַע‎), so (object omitted) 2Kgs 19:29 = Isa 37:30; Mic 6:15 (opposed to ‎זָרַע‎), Lev 19:9 b Lev 23:22 b Ruth 2:9; Eccl 11:4 (+ ‎זָרַע‎); object ‎קֹצִים‎ Jer 12:13 (opposed to ‎זָרַע‎); Participle = reaper Amos 9:13 ( + ‎חוֺרֵשׁ‎), Jer 9:21* (simile), Ps 129:7 (|| ‎מְעַמֵּר‎), + Isa 17:5 (for ‎קָצִיד‎, so Buhl<sup>Lex 13</sup> Marti); plural 2Kgs 4:18; Ruth 2:3; Ruth 2:4; Ruth 2:5; Ruth 2:6; Ruth 2:7; Ruth 2:14 figurative of reaping fruits of righteousness Hos 10:12 (+ ‎זָרַע‎), of evil Hos 8:7 (both + ‎זָרַע‎), Hos 10:13 ( + ‎חָרָשׁ‎), Job 4:8 (+ ‎חָרַשׁ‎, ‎זָרַע‎, Prov 22:8; Ps 126:5 they that sow (‎זָרַע‎) in tears shall reap in joy. Hiph`il Imperfect ‎יקצירו‎ Job 24:6 Kt (< Qr ‎יִקְצ֑וֺרוּ‎, see above).

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