חָטַב

In the text

• Deuteronomy 19:5לַחְטֹב

  If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

• Joshua 9:21חֹטְבֵי

  They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.

• 2 Chronicles 2:10לַחֹטְבִים

  I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”

• Psalm 144:12מְחֻטָּבוֹת

  Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

• Jeremiah 46:22כְּחֹטְבֵי

  Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

• Ezekiel 39:10יַחְטְבוּ

  They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.

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