This rare Hiphil verb appears only in Isaiah 18:5, describing the agricultural act of cutting away shoots or tendrils. The context is God's pruning judgment on nations, using viticulture imagery. Related forms in Targumic and later Hebrew convey the sense of springing forth or cutting off, suggesting a sharp, decisive removal. The multilingual glosses consistently point to cutting or removing, fitting the agricultural metaphor of trimming unwanted growth before harvest.