BDB1512 [H1438]

Qal Perfect גָּדַע Lam 2:3 וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י 1Sam 2:31 Imperfect וָאָגְדַּע Zech 11:10; Zech 11:14 Participle passive גְּדוּעָה Isa 15:2 (so many editions but) Baer גְּרוּעָה; compare below, גְּדֻעִים Isa 10:33 — hew, cut in two, a staff Zech 11:10; Zech 11:14 metaphor hew off, an arm 1Sam 2:31 horns Lam 2:3 hew down, trees Isa 10:33 if in Isa 15:2 then = shave off (object זקן, beard), but no other indication of this meaning, and true ᵑ0 גְּרוּעָה, compare Baer's note & Jer 48:37 see גרע. Niph`al Perfect נִגְדַּע Judg 21:6 נֶגְדַּע Jer 50:23 3 feminine singular נִגְדְּעָה Jer 48:25 וְנִגְדְּעָה consecutive Isa 22:25 2 masculine singular נִגְדַּעְתָּ Isa 14:12 3 plural וְנִגְדְּעוּ consecutive Ezek 6:6; Amos 3:14 — be hewn off, of altar-horns Amos 3:14, of idols Ezek 6:6 (|| נשׁבר); of severance of a tribe from nation Judg 21:6 figurative of king of Babylon Isa 14:12 of Babylon as hammer Jer 50:23 (|| נשׁבר); of a minister, under figure of secure peg or pin Isa 22:25 of horn of Moab Jer 48:25 (|| נשׁבר). Pi`el Perfect גִּדַּע 2Chr 34:7, גִּדֵּ֑עַ 2Chr 34:4; Ps 107:16, וַיְגַדַּע 2Chr 14:2, אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ Ps 7:5; Isa 45:2, וַיְגַדְּעוּ 2Chr 31:1 3 masculine plural תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן Deut 7:5; Deut 12:3 — hew off, down, in two (compare Qal) of Asherîm Deut 7:5; 2Chr 14:2; 2Chr 31:1, of idols Deut 12:3 (פְּסִילִים) 2Chr 34:4; 2Chr 34:7 (חַמָּנִים); figurative horns of wicked Ps 75:11 bars of iron (i.e. of Babylon's gates) Isa 45:2, compare Ps 107:16. Pu`al Perfect גֻּדָּ֑עוּ Isa 9:9 hew down (of trees).