From an unused root meaning to cut off; ruin -- destroying, destruction.
H6986. qeteb
קֶ֫טֶב, [קֹ֫טֶב] noun masculineDeuteronomy 32:24 destruction; — of pestilence, absolute ׳ק 32:24 ("" רֶשֶׁף), Psalm 91:6 ("" דֶּבֶר), so suffix (of Sh®°ôl) קָֽטָבְךָ (Ges§ 93q) Hosea 13:14 ("" of דְּבָרֶיךָ מָוֶת,); more Generally, קָ֑קטֶב שַׂעַר Isaiah 28:2.