גָּדַע

Qal Perfect גָּדַע Klg 2,3 וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י 1 Sam 2,31 Imperfect וָאָגְדַּע Zak 11,10; Zak 11,14 Participle passive גְּדוּעָה Es 15,2 (so many editions but) Baer גְּרוּעָה; compare below, גְּדֻעִים Es 10,33 — hew, cut in two, a staff Zak 11,10; Zak 11,14 metaphor hew off, an arm 1 Sam 2,31 horns Klg 2,3 hew down, trees Es 10,33 if in Es 15,2 then = shave off (object זקן, beard), but no other indication of this meaning, and true ᵑ0 גְּרוּעָה, compare Baer's note & Jer 48,37 see גרע. Niph`al Perfect נִגְדַּע Dom 21,6 נֶגְדַּע Jer 50,23 3 feminine singular נִגְדְּעָה Jer 48,25 וְנִגְדְּעָה consecutive Es 22,25 2 masculine singular נִגְדַּעְתָּ Es 14,12 3 plural וְנִגְדְּעוּ consecutive Ezk 6,6; Amos 3,14 — be hewn off, of altar-horns Amos 3,14, of idols Ezk 6,6 (|| נשׁבר); of severance of a tribe from nation Dom 21,6 figurative of king of Babylon Es 14,12 of Babylon as hammer Jer 50,23 (|| נשׁבר); of a minister, under figure of secure peg or pin Es 22,25 of horn of Moab Jer 48,25 (|| נשׁבר). Pi`el Perfect גִּדַּע 2 Kron 34,7, גִּדֵּ֑עַ 2 Kron 34,4; Sl 107,16, וַיְגַדַּע 2 Kron 14,2, אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ Sl 7,5; Es 45,2, וַיְגַדְּעוּ 2 Kron 31,1 3 masculine plural תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן 5 Mos 7,5; 5 Mos 12,3 — hew off, down, in two (compare Qal) of Asherîm 5 Mos 7,5; 2 Kron 14,2; 2 Kron 31,1, of idols 5 Mos 12,3 (פְּסִילִים) 2 Kron 34,4; 2 Kron 34,7 (חַמָּנִים); figurative horns of wicked Sl 75,11 bars of iron (i.e. of Babylon's gates) Es 45,2, compare Sl 107,16. Pu`al Perfect גֻּדָּ֑עוּ Es 9,9 hew down (of trees).