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Job 30:4
“Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָטַףqâṭaph · kaw-taf'
H6998 · Hebrew
H6998 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to strip off
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- קֹּטְפִ֣ים — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 23:26Job 8:12Ezekiel 17:4Ezekiel 17:22
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 קָטַף here.
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.