קוּץ
𐤒𐤅𐤑
qûwts
H6972 verb
SILEX Entry
Definition
To spend or live through the summer or harvest season; to pass the period of summer, in the sense of residing, staying, or enduring through the season characterized by fruit gathering and ripening.
Semantic Range
to spend the summer; to reside during the harvest season; to pass through the summer period; to live through the summer
Root / Etymology
The root is קוץ, which primarily means 'to spend or pass (the summer season).' The denominative verb derives from the noun קַיִץ (qayits), meaning 'summer' or 'harvest season.' The verb form is rare and related to the activity or state associated with summer, rather than expressing its core root verb sense.
Historical & Contextual Notes
קוּץ (qûwts) appears only as a denominative verb from קַיִץ (summer; harvest season), notably in Isaiah 28:4, where it describes an event or state occurring over the summer period. Its occurrence is rare and contextually limited to agricultural or seasonal description, with no evidence that the verb carried the root sense of 'to clip off' or 'to abhor' (different root, though similar in form and transliteration). In biblical contexts, summer denotes both the time of mature fruit and harvest activity. English translations may paraphrase the verb or render it with reference to the season, but the Hebrew sense is more specifically about residing or passing through the culmination of the agricultural year. The term is temporally and culturally specific to the Israelite agricultural calendar and is distinct from verbs that indicate the act of reaping or harvesting itself, such as קצר (to reap) or אסף (to gather).
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
a primitive root; to clip off; used only as denominative from קַיִץ; to spend the harvest season; summer.
Bantu Hebrew
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קוץ (q-w-ṣ) — to spend a season, to pass time (specifically summer or harvest time)
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H6973 | קוּץ | the one who loathes |
| H6974 | קוּץ | I will rouse |
| H6975 | קוֹץ | like a thorn |
| H6976 | קוֹץ | the Thorn |
| H6977 | קְוֻצָּה | his trimmed locks |
Word Forms
1 distinct form
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H6972-01 |
וְ/קָ֤ץ | veqats | HC/Vqq3ms |
will summer | and he spent the summer | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H6972-01 |
Isaiah 18:6 | וְ/קָ֤ץ | veqats | HC/Vqq3ms |
will summer | and he spent the summer |