קץ

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qisˤ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qesˤ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kets/

Noun

קֵץ • (kéts) m [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. An end, a finish.
   • Tanach, Ezekiel 7:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     קֵץ בָּא בָּא הַקֵּץ הֵקִיץ אֵלָיִךְ הִנֵּה בָּאָה׃

     kets ba, ba hakets, hekits eláyikh hiné ba'a.

     An end is come, the end is come, it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 56a:

     בִּיקֵּשׁ יַעֲקֹב לְגַלּוֹת לְבָנָיו קֵץ הַיָּמִין, וְנִסְתַּלְּקָה מִמֶּנּוּ שְׁכִינָה.

     Bikésh Ya'akóv l'galót l'vanáv kéts hayamín, v'nistalká miménu sh'khiná.

     Jacob desired to reveal to his sons the end of days, but the Shechinah left him.

Derived terms

• אֵין קֵץ (én kéts)

Etymology 2

Verb

קָץ • (káts) (pa'al construction)

1. to cut off
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 25:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְקַצֹּתָה אֶת כַּפָּהּ לֹא תָחוֹס עֵינֶךָ

     then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.