What does כָּתַת · אֵת · חֶרֶב mean in the Bible?
כָּתַת · אֵת · חֶרֶב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to beat/forge agricultural tools into weapons — the inverse of Isaiah's plowshares-from-swords peace image".
Hebrew · H3807, H855, H2719
כִּתּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם לַחֲרָבוֹת
To bruise or violently strike · a hoe or other digging implement · drought ; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife , sword , or other sharp implement
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כָּתַתH3807to bruise or violently strike
Pronunciationkātat
Violent crushing or beating that reduces something to pieces, often with destructive finality
Open lexicon entry →אֵתH855a hoe or other digging implement
Pronunciationʾēt
Tool for breaking ground; metaphorically represents labor, cultivation, and preparation of soil for fruitfulness
Open lexicon entry →חֶרֶבH2719drought ; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife , sword , or other sharp implement
Pronunciationḥereb
Destruction through cutting or withholding: sword's violence or drought's deprivation both render land barren.
Open lexicon entry →What does כִּתּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם לַחֲרָבוֹת (kittu ittekhem lacharavot) mean in the Bible?
כָּתַת · אֵת · חֶרֶב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to beat/forge agricultural tools into weapons — the inverse of Isaiah's plowshares-from-swords peace image".
Full entry for כִּתּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם לַחֲרָבוֹת (H3807, H855, H2719) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3807, H855, H2719?
H3807, H855, H2719 is connected to 435 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to beat/forge agricultural tools into weapons — the inverse of Isaiah's plowshares-from-swords peace image
Source Gloss
to beat/forge agricultural tools into weapons — the inverse of Isaiah's plowshares-from-swords peace image
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms7
Hophalcausative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action4×
ImperfectJer 46:5 · Job 4:20 · Mic 1:7 · Isa 24:124×
Pielintensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action1×
Perfect2Chr 34:71×
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense2×
Participle passiveIsa 30:141×
Sequential imperfectJoel 4:101×
Word Origins
כִּתּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם לַחֲרָבוֹת is a primitive root - no further derivation.