i. n. 5
=
‘
Castle of Mish
,’
cf.
Dl
l.c.
)
;—
כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
Is 10:9 2 Ch 35:20
(
Ö
L
Χαρχαµεις
),
כַּרְכְּמִשׁ
Je 46:2
(
Ö
Χαρµεις, Καρχαµεις
). Hittite capital,
E. bank of Euphr., mod.
Jerabîs
, or
Jerbâs;
Schr
KGF 221 ff.;
COT
, on Is 10, 9
Dl
l.c.
;
Jen
ZA
vii. (1892), 365
thinks he reads
G(K)ar-g(k)a-mi-si(e)-ras
=
‘king of Karkemish’ on (‘Hittite’)
inscr.
from Karkemish.
•
כַּרְכַּס
S
3752
GK
4139
n.pr.m. Pers.
, a eunuch of Ahasuerus,
Est 1:10
.
כִּרְכָּרֹות v. [ כִּרְכָּרָה ] sub כרר .
כֶּרֶם S 3754 TWOT 1040a GK 4142, 414392 n.m. Dt 28:30 ( f. Is 2 7, 2 ) vineyard ( NH id.; Aramaic כַּרְמָא , ܟܰܪܡܳܐ ( karmo ); Zinj. כרם DHM Sendsch. 58; Arabic كَرْمٌ , كَرْمَةٌ ( karmun, karmatun ) vine; Ethiopic ˜˜˜, ˜˜˜ ( kərm, karm ) vine; Jen ZA vii. (1892), 217 comp. Assyrian karânu, vine; —etym. dub. ; Thes al. comp. Arabic كَرُمَ ( karuma ) noble, generous, fertile , but precarious ) ;— abs. כ׳ Ex 22:4 +, כָּ˜רֶם Gn 9:20 +; cstr. כֶּ˜רֶם 1 K 21:7 +; sf. כַּרְמִי Is 5:3 +, כַּרְמְךָ Ex 23:11 +, etc.; pl. כְּרָמִים Jos 24:13 +; cstr. כַּרְמֵי Am 5:1 + 2 times; sf. כְּרָמֵנוּ Ne 5:3 + 3 times; כַּרְמֵיכֶם Am 4:9 + 2 times, etc.;— vineyard Gn 9:20 ( J ), 1 K 21:1 + 9 times 1 K 21 , Ct 2:15 (×2) +; so even Ju 15:5 (where read כ׳ וזית ; cf. GF M, who however doubts genuineness); + זַיִת Ex 23:11 ( E ) and often ( v. זית ); + שָׂדֶה Ex 22: 4, 5 ( E ), and often; fig. of Isr. under י׳ ’s care Is 5:1 ff. , cf. 3:14 Je 12:1 0; fig. of Shulamite’s complexion Ct 1:6 , of her heart 8:12 .— Vbs. governing כ׳ are:— נָטַע Gn 9:20 Am 5:11 + 16 times, cf. מַטָּעֵי כ׳ Mi 1: 6; זָרַע Dt 22:9 ( c. 2 acc. ); חִלֵּל = begin to use fruit of , Dt 20:6 (×2); 28:30 Je 31: 5; זָמַר prune , Lv 25:3 , 4 ; בָּצַר gather, harvest (lit. cut off , i.e. grapes, Lv 25:5 , 11 ), Dt 24:21 Ju 9:2 7, cf. לִקֵּשׁ Jb 24: 6; עֹולֵל glean , Lv 19:10 Dt 24:2 1; אָכַל Jos 24:13 (usually ‘eat fruit of’ Is 65:21 , etc.); locusts devour Am 4:9 ( si vera l. ) On n.pr.loc. אָבֵל כְּרָמִים v. II . אָבֵל 4 ; בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם v. p. 111 b.
Schr E. Schrader.
COT
The Cuneiform Inscr. & the Old Test. (Eng. Trans. of
KAT
2;, by O.H. Whitehouse).
inscr.
inscription(s);