[ v. also Biblical Aramaic]; cf. Frä ^{35 f.}) ;— Qal Impf. 3 mpl. יִקְרְצוּ־עַיִן ψ 35:19 let them not pinch the eye , i.e. wink maliciously, so Pt. act. קֹרֵץ ע׳ Pr 10:1 0, ק׳ בְּעֵינֹו 6:1 3; also ק׳ שְׂפָתָיו 16:30 pinching his lips (i.e. compressing, as NH , or biting, gnawing, cf. Assyrian). Pu. Pf. 1 s. מֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי Jb 33:6 from clay I was nipped off ( cf. Assyrian ṭîṭa iḳtariṣ , he nipped off clay , to form Eabani).

• קֶ˜רֶץ S 7171 TWOT 2075a GK 7976 n.m. dub. word, appar. nipping , concr. nipper usually interpr. (since Hi ) of a nipping or stinging insect ( cf. Aramaic קָרֹוצָא , Arabic قَارِصٌ ( qāriṣun ) biting insect ) ; e.g. gadfly ( cf. Thes ^{Add. 111}), fig. of Nebuchadr. ק׳ מִצָּפֹון בָּא Je 46:20 a gadfly cometh from the north;

É ( Aq Sym m) stimulator , i.e. קֹרֵץ ; Thes al. , more gen., excidium .

• I . קַרְקַע S 7172, 7173 TWOT 2076 GK 7977, 7978 n. [ m. ] floor ( prob. redupl. from a √ קרר , or קור ; NH id. , ground , so å קַרְקְעָא , קַרְקָעִימָא ; appar. = Assyrian ḳḳḳaru , ground, earth , Arabic قَرْقَرٌ ( qarqarun ) terra aequabilis mollisque; cf. Kö ^{ii 1, 91}) ;— abs. ק׳ 1 K 6:1 6; 7:7 a, -קָ˜ע v 7 b ( v. infr .); cstr. קַרְקַע Nu 5:17 +;— floor of temple 1 K 6:15 ^(×2), 16 , 30 ; 7:7 a; v 7 b read prob. הַקֹּורֹות rafters ( cf. 6:15 and קוֹרָה ) ã É Th Sta Kmp ^Kau Ben z; ( earth )- floor of tabern. Nu 5:17 ; קַרְקַע הַיָּם Am 9:3 the floor , bottom of the sea .

• II . קַרְקַע S 7172, 7173 TWOT 2076 GK 7977, 7978 n.pr.loc. ( ^floor) ^{;—c. art. +} ה loc. , הַקַּרְקָ˜עָה Jos 15:1 3, on extreme S. border of Judah; τὴν κατὰ δυσµὰς Καδης .

• קַרְקֹר S 7174 GK 7980 n.pr.loc. E. of Jordan, Ju 8:10 , site unknown; Καρκαρ .

קַרְקַר S 6979 TWOT 2004 GK 7979 Nu 24:17 read קָדְקֹד q.v.

Frä S. Fränkel, and (usually) circa., Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen . concr. concrete.

Hi F. Hitzig. Thes Additions by E. Rödiger. Aq Aquila.

Symm Symmachus. Sta B. Stade.

Kmp A. Kamphausen. Benz J. Benzinger. loc. local, locality.