כָּרָה S 3738, 3739, 3741 TWOT 1033, 1033a, 1034 GK 4125, 4126, 4127, 4128, 4129 vb. dig
(
NH
id.;
Aramaic
כְּרָא
, Ethiopic
(
karaya
) Arabic
كَرَا
(
karā
) (
c.
و
(
w
) and especially
ى
(
y
),
Dozy
ii. 461); Syriac
ܟܪܳܐ
(
kro
) is
be short, cut off
(i.e.
rounded off
?), Arabic
كُرَةٌ
(
kuratun
)
ball;
å
כְּרֵי
heap
Dalm
Gr
109
; Syriac
ܟܰܪܝܳܐ
(
karyo
),
Mish.
כרי
id.;
Assyrian
karê
, large vessels for holding corn, etc.,
Dl
HWB 353,
cf.
kirû
(
dub.
)
Wkl
TelAm.
Vocab.
;
Ba
ZMG
1887, 615
conjectures
be round
as orig.
√
meaning, and
comp.
Arabic
السَّاقُ كَرِيَتِ
(
˒s-sāqu kariyati
)
the leg is round
)
;
Qal
Pf.
3
ms.
כָּרָה
2 Ch 16:14
ψ 7:16
;
2
ms.
כָּרִיתָ
ψ 40:7
;
1
s.
כָּרִיתִי
Gn 50:
5;
3
pl.
כָּרוּ
Je 18:20
+
3 times;
sf.
כָּרוּהָ
Nu 21:1
8;
Impf.
3
ms.
יִכְרֶה
Ex 21:3
3;
3
mpl.
וַיִּכְרוּ
Gn 26:2
5;
Pt.
כֹּרֶה
Pr 16:2
7;
26:27
;
dig
a grave,
קֶבֶר
Gn 50:5
(
J
),
cf.
2 Ch 16:1
4; a well,
בְּאֵר
Gn 26:25
(
J
),
Nu 21:18
(song in JE); a pit,
בֹּור
Ex 21:33 ; fig. of plotting against others ψ 7:16 ; so sq. שׁוּחָה Je 18:2 0, 22 , sq. שִׁיחָה ψ 57:7 ; 119:85 ; sq. שַחַת Pr 26:2 7; hence כֹּרֶה רָעָה Pr 16:27 one digging a calamity; אָזְנַיִם כ׳ לִי ψ 40:7 ears hast thou dug (with allusion to the cavity of the ear) for me , thou hast given me the means of hearing and obeying thy will.On ψ 22:17 v. II. כּוּר . Niph. Impf. 3 ms. עַד יִכָּרֶה שַׁחַת ψ 94:13 until the pit be digged for the wicked, fig. of judgment.
[
כָּרָה
S
3738, 3739, 3741
TWOT
1033, 1033a, 1034
GK
4125, 4126, 4127, 4128, 4129
]
n.f.
cistern
(or
well
), only
pl. cstr.
in
נְוֹת כְּרֹת רֹעִים
Zp 2:6
pastures of (
=
with)
wells of shepherds
, but text
dub.
;
כ׳
a gloss according to
Kö
ii. 176, (§ 94 a) Anm.
;
Ö
κρήτη
;
We
(
כרת נות רעים והיתה
, as
Ö
)
kereth
=
Philistia;
v.
further
כְּרֵתִי
; Böhme
ZAW
vii. 1887, 212
views
כְּרֹת
, plausibly, as erron. variant of preceding
נְוֹת
, so Schwally
ib. x. 1890, 185, 186
; Rothstein in
Kau
AT.
[
מִכְרֶה
S
4379
TWOT
1033b
GK
4838
]
n.m.
pit
(?), only
cstr.
מִכְרֵה־מֶלַח
Zp 2:9
salt-pit
(but not certain).
Dozy R. Dozy, (usually) Supple. aux Dict. Arabes. Dalm G. Dalman.
Gr H. Grätz. Ba J. Barth. Kö E. König. Kau E, Kautzsch, Die Heiligen Schriften d. Alten Testaments, ed. au.
I.