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Strong's #2251 - חָבַט
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- to beat, beat out, beat off, thresh
- (Qal)
- to beat out
- to beat off
- (Niphal) to be beaten out
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2140) ubh (ההבתה HhBTh) AC: Knock CO: ? AB: ?: A fruit tree is beat at the trunk so that the fruit will fall from it to the ground.
V) ubh (ההבתה HhBTh) - Knock: To knock a tree to remove its fruit, also a threshing. KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Niphal) beat, thresh - Strongs: H2251 (חָבַט)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Imperfect יַחְבֹּט Isaiah 27:12; 3 feminine singular וַתַּחְבֹּט Ruth 2:17; 2 masculine singular תַּחְבֹּט Deuteronomy 24:20; Participle חֹבֵט Judges 6:11; —
1 beat off, זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20.
2 beat out (grain), Gideon חֹבֵט חִטִּים בַּגַּת Judges 6:11, so Ruth 2:17, of small quantities; — distinct from threshing on open floor, with cattle; figurative of ׳י s judgment, and subsequent gathering of Israel Isaiah 27:12 (no object expressed), so Che Di Du; Ges Hi Kn Brd place below 1; VB undecided.
Niph`al Imperfect יֵחָ֫בֶט Isaiah 28:27 fennel (קֵצַךְ) beaten out בַּמַּטֶּה.
חֲבָיָה, חֲבִיָּה, חֳבָיָה see below חבה.
חֶבְיוֺן see below חבה.
חָבַט fut. יַחְבֹּט to beat out, or off, with a stick (Arab. خبط to beat off leaves with a stick).
(1) to beat off apples or olives from the tree, Deuteronomy 24:20; Isaiah 27:12.
(2) to beat out or thresh corn with a stick or flail, Judges 6:11; Ruth 2:17. (Arab. خبط.)
Niphal, pass. of No. 2, Isaiah 28:27.