hebrew #6998 - קָטַף qataph (to pluck off or out)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance crop off, cut down up, pluck A primitive root; to strip off -- crop off, cut down (up), pluck. Englishman's Concordance 1) to pluck off or out, cut off 1a) (Qal) to pluck off 1b) (Niphal) to be plucked off Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2010 Brown-Driver-Briggs [קָטַף] verbpluck off (twigs, etc.), or out (Late Hebrew=Biblical Hebrew; Arabic  pluck grapes; ᵑ7קְטַף, Syriac  ; compare Assyrian ‡atâpu, apparently pluck off); — QalPerfect3masculine singularקָטָ֑ףEzekiel 17:4he [i.e. eagle, in figure] plucked off twigs; 2 masculine singular וְקָטַפְתָּ֫Deuteronomy 23:26 (ears of grain, בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ); Imperfect1singular אֶקְטֹףEzekiel 17:22 (subject ׳י; accusative +מִןfrom); Participle masculine plural הַקֹּטְפִיםJob 30:4they who pluck out the mallow. Niph`alImperfect3masculine singular יָקָּטֵבJob 8:12it is not plucked off. I. קטר (√ of following; compare Assyrian ‡utru (with ת) smoke; Talmud, ᵑ7קִיטְרָא, קוּטְרָא (thick) smoke; Arabic Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 6998. קָטַף (qataph) — 5 OccurrencesDeuteronomy 23:25 Job 8:12 Job 30:4 Ezekiel 17:4 Ezekiel 17:22 |
smoke (said of fire); usually exhale odour (especially of roast meat); Assyrian ‡utrinnu, incense-offering; Sabean 
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