BDB4260 [H3807]

[כָּתַת] verb beat, crush by beating (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּתַת); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular וְכַתּוֺתִ֫י Ps 89:24 Imperfect 1 singular וָאֶבֹּת Deut 9:21 Imperative masculine plural כֹּ֫תּוּ Joel 4:10 Passive participle כָּתוּת Isa 30:14; Lev 22:24 —

1. beat or crush fine, of a potter's vessel Isa 30:14, the golden calf Deut 9:21 (+ טָחוֺן הֵיטֵב); a sacrificial vicitim Lev 22:24 (i.e. its testicles; + מָעוּךְ נָתוּק כָּרוּת); figurative of enemies Ps 89:24.

2. beat, hammer (ploughshares into swords, compare Pi`el 2) Joel 4:10. Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular כִּתַּת 2Kgs 18:4; 2Chr 34:7 3 masculine plural וְכִּתְּתוּ consecutive Isa 2:4 + 2 t.; — as

Qal 1. beat or crush fine 2Kgs 18:4; 2Chr 34:7 (of images); figurative of devastating the land Zech 11:6.

2. beat, hammer (swords into ploughshares, compare Qal 2) Isa 2:4 = Mic 4:3. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine plural וְכֻתְּתוּ 2Chr 15:6 and they were beaten in pieces, one nation against another. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיַּכְּתוּ Deut 1:44 beat in pieces an enemy, suffix וַיַּכּוּם וַיַּכְּתוּם Num 14:45. Hoph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular וּשְׁאִיָּה יֻכַּתשָֿׁ֑עַר Isa 24:12 and to ruins is the gate crushed; 3 masculine plural יֻכַּתּוּ Mic 1:7 (of idol-images); figurative of warriors Jer 46:5 of frail man Job 4:20.

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