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Deuteronomy 25:12

“Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

קָצַץqâtsats · kaw-tsats'
H7112 · Hebrew

Definition: to chop off (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: cut (asunder, in pieces, in sunder, off), [idiom] utmost.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
קַצֹּתָ֖ה — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq2ms
Usage: Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 39:3 Judges 1:6 Judges 1:7 2 Samuel 4:12 2 Kings 16:17

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָצַץ here.

Verse 11 Verse 13

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.