וָ/אֶכֹּ֨ת
𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤕
kâthath
and-I-beat
To break or smash something by force, to shatter, crush, or demolish. Used for physical objects being broken, but can also refer metaphorically to destroying power, pride, or strength. The term often implies a forceful, violent breaking into smaller pieces, sometimes with a sense of reducing to a powerless or unusable state.
Deuteronomy 9:21 · Word #11
Lexicon H3807
| Lemma | כָּתַת |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤊𐤕𐤕 |
| Transliteration | kâthath |
| Strong's | H3807 |
| Definition | To break or smash something by force, to shatter, crush, or demolish. Used for physical objects being broken, but can also refer metaphorically to destroying power, pride, or strength. The term often implies a forceful, violent breaking into smaller pieces, sometimes with a sense of reducing to a powerless or unusable state. |
Morphology HC/Vqw1cs
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events |
| Person | 1 — 1st person — First person ("I" / "we") |
| Gender | c — Common — Common (both genders) |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and-I-beat |
SIBI-P1 Translation H3807-04
and I crushed
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, sequential imperfect (vav-consecutive), 1st person common singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem conveys the simple active sense of forcefully breaking or smashing. The sequential imperfect with 1st person singular is rendered as a past narrative action, "and I crushed," preserving both the root meaning and the morphology. |
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