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כָּרַת

to cut

also: cut off, cut down, cut out, eliminate fuller range ↓

H3772 Strong's Hebrew
kârath Transliteration
/kaw-rath'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 290 appearances

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Part of speech

Verb
An action or state-of-being word.
Preposition
A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.

Stem

Hiphil
The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cut off’
Qal
The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘cut off’
Niphal
Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be cut off’
Hophal
The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
Pual
The passive counterpart of the Piel. Here: ‘be cut off’

Form

Sequential Perfect
A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
Sequential Imperfect
An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
Imperfect
An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
Perfect
A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
Infinitive Construct
A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
Imperative
A direct command (“write!”).
Participle Active
A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
Cohortative
A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
Jussive
A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
Infinitive Absolute
An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
Participle Passive
A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).

State

Absolute
The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Construct
A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).

Person

1st Person
The speaker (“I / we”).
3rd Person
The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
2nd Person
The one addressed (“you”).

Gender

Common
Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Masculine
Grammatically masculine.
Feminine
Grammatically feminine.

Number

Singular
One.
Plural
More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).

Grammatical forms 66 distinct

  • Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 28 times (10%)
  • Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 23 times (8%)
  • Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 22 times (8%)
  • Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 21 times (7%)
  • Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct 19 times (7%)
  • Verb, Niphal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 15 times (5%)
  • Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 11 times (4%)
  • Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 9 times (3%)

+58 more forms (142 occurrences)

Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 290 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.

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