וָ/אֶכֹּ֨ת — Deuteronomy 9:21 Hebrew Word Study

וָ/אֶכֹּ֨ת

𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤕

vaekot

and-I-beat

a primitive root; to bruise or violently strike; beat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp. l

Deuteronomy 9:21 · Word #11

Lexicon `H3807`

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`q` — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation	`w` — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person	`1` — 1st person — First person ("I" / "we")
Gender	`c` — Common — Common (both genders)
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

and I crushed to pieces

Root	כתת (k-t-t)
Core Meanings	to crush, beat down, smash to pieces, pulverize, shatter
Semantic Range	to beat down in battle, shatter weapons or objects, crush enemies, pulverize materials, destroy by forceful striking
Conceptual Significance	Often used in contexts of warfare or judgment, כתת conveys decisive overthrow and the reduction of power to fragments. It can describe both literal crushing and metaphorical defeat, emphasizing total subjugation or dismantling of opposition.
Morphological Notes	Conjunction וָ plus Qal wayyiqtol (vav-consecutive imperfect) 1st common singular from כתת; narrative past tense, active voice.
Rendering Rationale	The root כתת conveys violent crushing or smashing into fragments. The form is Qal wayyiqtol, first common singular, indicating a simple active past narrative action: "and I crushed." The phrase "to pieces" preserves the root’s force of total pulverization inherent in כתת.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H3795-01`	katit	beaten
`H3807-01`	katut	a crushed one (feminine singular)
`H3794-01`	khitiyim	Kittite islanders
`H3807-02`	kitat	he crushed to pieces
`H3807-03`	kotu	you (masculine plural) crushed down
`H3807-05`	vayaketu	and they crushed to pieces
`H3807-06`	vayaketum	and they crushed them to pieces
`H3807-07`	vekhatoti	and I crushed to pieces
`H3807-08`	vekhatut	and he was crushed to pieces
`H3807-09`	vekhitat	and he crushed to pieces
`H3807-10`	vekhitetu	and they crushed to pieces
`H3807-11`	vekhutetu	and they were crushed to pieces
`H4386-01`	vimekhitato	in his crushing-fracture
`H3807-12`	yukat	he will be crushed to pieces
`H3807-13`	yukatu	they shall be crushed to pieces

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Leviticus 22:24	וְ/כָתוּת֙	vekhatut	or crushed
Numbers 14:45	וַֽ/יַּכְּת֖וּ/ם	vayaketum	and-pursued-them
Deuteronomy 1:44	וַֽ/יַּכְּת֥וּ	vayaketu	and destroyed
Deuteronomy 9:21	וָ/אֶכֹּ֨ת	vaekot	and-I-beat
2 Kings 18:4	וְ/כִתַּת֩	vekhitat	and broke in pieces
Isaiah 2:4	וְ/כִתְּת֨וּ	vekhitetu	and-they-will-beat
Isaiah 24:12	יֻכַּת	yukat	is battered
Isaiah 30:14	כָּת֖וּת	katut	shattering
Jeremiah 46:5	יֻכַּ֔תּוּ	yukatu	are beaten down
Joel 4:10	כֹּ֤תּוּ	kotu	Beat
Micah 1:7	יֻכַּ֗תּוּ	yukatu	will be beaten to pieces
Micah 4:3	וְ/כִתְּת֨וּ	vekhitetu	and-they-shall-beat
Zechariah 11:6	וְ/כִתְּתוּ֙	vekhitetu	and-they-will-crush
Psalms 89:24	וְ/כַתּוֹתִ֣י	vekhatoti	I will crush
Job 4:20	יֻכַּ֑תּוּ	yukatu	they are crushed
2 Chronicles 15:6	וְ/כֻתְּת֥וּ	vekhutetu	and they were broken
2 Chronicles 34:7	כִּתַּ֣ת	kitat	he-beat