כָּרָה S 3738, 3739, 3741 TWOT 1033, 1033a, 1034 GK 4125, 4126, 4127, 4128, 4129 ] vb. get by trade, trade ( NH כִּירָה act of buying, purchase (so in den Küstenländern,) Levy NWB ii. 323 f. ); Arabic كَرَى ( karā ) let for hire ) ;only Qal Impf. 1 s. sf. וָאֶכְּרֶהָ Ho 3:2 (d. f. dirim., si vera l. punctat., Ges § 20. 2, b ; but cf. W e); 3 mpl. יִכְרוּ Jb 40:3 0; 2 mpl. תִּכְרוּ Dt 2:6 Jb 6:2 7; get by trade, buy , c. acc. Ho 3:2 Dt 2:6 ; sq. עַל־ trade in, make trade of Jb 6:2 7; 40:30 .
III. [
II. [
כָּרָה
S
3738, 3739, 3741
TWOT
1033, 1033a, 1034
GK
4125, 4126, 4127, 4128, 4129
]
vb.
give a feast
(
lit. perhaps
bring
(guests),
invite;
cf.
Assyrian
karû
,
bring
,
kirêtu
,
feast
,
kireti iškun
,
he gave a feast
,
Dl
HWB 352)
;only
Qal
Impf.
c.
acc. cogn
.,
לָהֶם כֵּרָה גְדֹולָה וַיִּכְרֶה
2 K 6:23
and he gave a great feast for them
(the context requires this sense, but text dubious,
Nö
ZMG
1886, 724
,
cf.
Kl
o).
כֵּרָה
S
3740
TWOT
1035a
GK
4130
n.f.
a feast
,
2 K 6:23
(
v.
foregoing).
I
.
כְּרוּב
S
3742, 3743
TWOT
1036
GK
4131, 4132
n.pr.loc.
in Babylonia Esr 2:59
Neh 7:61
.
II . כְּרוּב S 3742, 3743 TWOT 1036 GK 4131, 413291 n.m. cherub ; כ׳ Ex 25:19 + 26 times; pl. כְּרוּבִים ψ 99:1 + 33 times; כְּרֻבִים Ex 25:18 + 29 times; ( NH id.; Aramaic כְּרוּבָא , ܟܪܽܘܒܳܐ ( krubo ); √ dub .; Assyrian karâbu = be gracious to, bless Dl HWB 350, but adj. karûbu is great, mighty , Id. ib. 352; on poss. connex. with כְּרוּב cf. Dl in Baer Ezech. xiii. ; Assyrian kirubu = šêdu (name of winged bull in Assyrian; v. Len Origines i. 118, Eng. Tr. 126 Dl Par 154) has not been verified, cf. v. F. ZA i. 68 f. Budge Expos. Apr. May, 1885 Teloni ZA vi. 124 ff. ; the older view, connecting כ׳ with γρύψ , and deriving from Pers. giriften, griffen , lacks evidence and probability. Possibly the thunder-cloud underlies the conception ) ; 1. the living chariot of the theophanic God; possibly identified with the storm-wind ψ 18:11 = 2 S 22:11
וַיִּרְכַּב עַל־כְּרוּב
and he rode upon a cherub
(
||
flew swiftly on the
acc. cogn. acc. . of cognate meaning with verb. Len F. Lenormant, Les Origines de lHistoire.
Eng. Tr. English Translation. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies? Pers. Persian.