H7116 H7116
short (of hand: feeble; of spirit: impatient; of days: short-lived)
An adjective meaning 'short' that never appears alone but always in construct phrases yielding vivid figurative meanings. 'Short of hand' (2 Kings 19:26; Isaiah 37:27) describes the feebleness of nations before God. 'Short of spirit' or 'short of temper' (Proverbs 14:17,29) characterizes the impatient person, contrasted with the one 'slow to anger.' 'Short of days' (Job 14:1) captures human mortality. Spanish 'corto de' (short of) and French 'court de' mirror the Hebrew construct pattern, showing how physical shortness becomes a metaphor for limitation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Short—always in construct with another noun to produce figurative meanings: 'short of hand' (feeble, powerless), 'short of spirit/temper' (impatient, quick-tempered), or 'short of days' (short-lived). Spanish 'corto de' and French 'court de' replicate the Hebrew pattern of shortness-as-deficiency. In Proverbs 14:17,29 it describes the hot-tempered person, contrasted with patience; in 2 Kings 19:26 and Isaiah 37:27 it characterizes helpless nations; in Job 14:1 it laments humanity's brief lifespan. 5×
AR["قَصيرُ-", "قَصِيرُ", "قَصِيرُو", "قِصَارُ-", "وَ-قَصيرُ-"]·ben["অল্প", "এবং-হ্রস্ব-", "খাটো-", "সংক্ষিপ্ত-", "হ্রস্ব-"]·DE["[וקצר]", "[קצר]", "[קצרי]", "kurz-von"]·EN["but-one-quick-of", "one-quick-of", "short", "short-of"]·FR["[קצרי]", "court-de", "et-וקצר", "קצר"]·heb["ו-קצר־", "קצר", "קצר־", "קצרי"]·HI["और-जल्दी", "छोटे", "छोटे-", "जल्दी"]·ID["Cepat-", "pendek", "pendek-", "tetapi-cepat-"]·IT["[קצרי]", "corto-di", "e-ma-one-quick-di", "one-quick-di", "short-of"]·jav["cekak", "cendhak", "cendhak-", "cepet", "lan-cepet"]·KO["그러나-성급한", "성급한", "짧은", "짧은-"]·PT["Curto-de", "curto-de", "curtos-de", "e-curto-de"]·RU["а-короткий-", "вспыльчивый-", "короткие", "короткие-", "краток"]·ES["Corto-de", "corto-de", "cortos", "cortos-de", "y-corto-de"]·SW["fupi", "lakini-mwepesi-wa", "mwepesi-wa", "waliokuwa-na-mikono-mifupi", "wanyonge-wa-"]·TR["kisa-", "kısa", "kısa-", "ve-kısa-"]·urd["اور-جلد-باز", "تھوڑی", "تھوڑے", "جلد-باز", "چھوٹے-"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קָצֵר] adj. short;—in phr. קִצְרֵי־יָד 2 K 19:26 short of hand, feeble, = Is 37:27; fig. קְצַר־אַפַּיִם Pr 14:17 = impatient, so קְצַר רוּחַ v 29 (opp. אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם); of time קְצַר יָמִים †Jb 14:1 short-lived.