King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7114
Transliteration: qatsar
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tsar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be short
Meaning: to dock off, curtail, to harvest
Word Summary
qatsar: to be short
Original Word: קָצַרTransliteration: qatsar
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tsar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be short
Meaning: to dock off, curtail, to harvest
Strong's Concordance
cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, loathe, mourn, reaper, A primitive root; to dock off, i.e. Curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain) -- X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7114. qatsar
[קָצֵר], I. קָצַר (Ges§ 44c Sta§ 384, 2)
verb be short (Late Hebrew קָצֵר short, קִצֵּר shorten; Arabic shorten, be short, with come short of; Jewish-Aramaic קְצַר be short); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular קָצַר Isaiah 28:20; Micah 2:7 (SS קְצַר from adjective קָצֵר); 3 feminine singular קָֽצְרָה Isaiah 50:2; 59:1; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּקְצַר Job 21:4 +, 3 feminine plural תִּקְצֹרְנָה Proverbs 10:27; Infinitive absolute קָצוֺר Isaiah 50:2; Passive participle feminine plural קְצֻרוֺת Ezekiel 42:5; — be short, of bed Isaiah 28:20 (figurative), of לְשָׁכוֺת Ezekiel 42:5; especially (figurative) of י ׳יַד, i.e. be ineffective, powerless Numbers 11:23 (JE), with מִן compare Isaiah 50:2 (+ infinitive absolute), 59:1; with רוּחַ בֶפֶשׁ,, = be impatient (opposed to [אָרַח] Hiph`il 1 (c)): ׳וִתִּק הָעָם נֶפֶשׁ Numbers 21:4b (JE), of utter discouragement, compare (of רוּחַ) Job 21:4; ׳וַתִּק נַפְשׁוֺ Judges 16:16 i.e. he was worn out (by importunity), so of prophets (representing ׳י) Zechariah 11:8 (ב person) reach limit of patience with, endurance of; of ׳י Judges 10:16 (ב of thing); ׳ק י ׳רוּחַ Micah 2:7 (see above); ׳ק of time Proverbs 10:27 (years of wicked).
Pi`el shorten Perfect3masculine singular יָמַי קִצַּר Psalm 102:24.
Hiph`il id., Perfect3masculine singular וגו יְמֵי ׳הִקְצַרְתָּ Psalm 89:46.
II. [קָצַר] verb reap, harvest (Late Hebrew id., also קָצִיר harvest; compare Assyrian ‡aƒâru join together, collect; see DlPr 166 f. ZehnpfBAS i. 503 (not Syriac bind, Ethiopic : [] constringere, see NöZMG xl (1886), 735)); —
Qal Perfect3plural קָצָ֑רוּ Jeremiah 12:13, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִקְצוֺר Isaiah 17:5; Ecclesiastes 11:4 + Proverbs 22:8 Kt (Qr יִקְצָרֿ); 3 masculine plural יִקְצֹרוּן Ruth 2:9, etc.; Imperative masculine plural קִצְרוּ Hosea 10:12 +; Infinitive construct לִקְצֹר 1 Samuel 8:12 +; suffix קֻצְרֶ֑ךָ Leviticus 23:22, קֻצְרְכֶם 19:9; 23:22; Participle קוֺצֵר Jeremiah 9:21 +, etc.: — reap, with accusative of crop: accusative of congnate meaning with verb קָצִיר 1 Samuel 6:13; 8:12 (+ חָרִשׁ), Leviticus 19:9; 23:10, 22 (all H) Deuteronomy 24:19; accusative of grain Isaiah 17:5 (figurative; "" אָסַף), Job 24:6 (Qr; Kt see
Hiph`il), compare Leviticus 25:5 (H), 25:11 (P; + זָרַע), so (object omitted) 2 Kings 19:29 = Isaiah 37:30; Micah 6:15 (opposed to זָרַע), Leviticus 19:9; b 23:22 b Ruth 2:9; Ecclesiastes 11:4 (+ זָרַע); object קֹצִים Jeremiah 12:13 (opposed to זָרַע); Participle = reaper Amos 9:13 ( + חוֺרֵשׁ), Jeremiah 9:21 (simile), Psalm 129:7 ("" מְעַמֵּר), + Isaiah 17:5 (for קָצִיד, so BuhlLex 13 Marti); plural 2 Kings 4:18; Ruth 2:3-4, 5, 6, 7, 14; figurative of reaping fruits of righteousness Hosea 10:12 (+ זָרַע), of evil 8:7 (both + זָרַע), 10:13 ( + חָרָשׁ), Job 4:8 (+ זָרַע חָרַשׁ,, Proverbs 22:8; Psalm 126:5 they that sow (זָרַע) in tears shall reap in joy.
Hiph`il Imperfect יקצירו Job 24:6 Kt (< Qr יִקְצ֑וֺרוּ, see above).