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III . כַּר S 3733 TWOT 1046a GK 4119, 4120, 4121 n. [ m. ] he-lamb, battering-ram

( Assyrian kirru , Zim in Schwally ZAW x. (1890), 186 ; perhaps lamb from dancing, skipping, gallopping in field; (battering-)ram as in Eng., from butting; cf. Arabic

كَبْشٌ ( kabšun ) ram and buttress , Lane ; also battering-ram cf. Dozy ii. 440) ;— sg. only Is 16:1 the lamb of the ruler (as tribute); elsewhere pl. כָּרִים Am 6:4 1 S 15:9 2 K 3:4 Je 51:40 (in sim. ), Ez 27:21 ; 39:18 ; חֵלֶב כ׳ Dt 32:14 the fat of lambs; וְעַתּוּדִים דַּם כ׳ Is 34:6 the blood of lambs and goats; כָּרִים = battering-rams Ez 4: 2; 21:27 (×2) (in v a Co reads שָׂרִים , cf. A V; MT RV as above).— Vid. also בֵּית כָּ˜ר p. 111 supr.

[ כִּרְכָּרָה S 3753 TWOT 1046b GK 4140 ] n.f. dromedary ( according to Ki Thes ; perhaps from constantly repeated undulating movement ) ;—only pl. abs. וּבַכִּרְכָּרֹות Is 66:20 ( + בַּסּוּסִים וּבָרֶכֶב וּבַצַּבִּים וּבַפְּרָדִים ; the whole list is a gloss according to Du Che Intr. Is. ).

ey- comb Schwally Idiot. 46; on format. v. Ba NB 204) ;— abs. כ׳ Gn 13:12 +; cstr. כִּכַּר 1 S 2:36 +; du. כִּכְּרַיִם כֶּסֶף 1 K 16:24 2 K 5:2 3, כִּכָּרָ˜יִם v 2 3; pl. כִּכָּרִים 1 Ch 22:14 (×2) + 7 times Chr; cstr. כִּכְּרֵי 2 K 5:5 + 2 times Chr; כִּכְּרֹות ( loaves ) Ju 8:5 1 S 10: 3; —• 1. the round (or oval ) especially of the Jordan valley, כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן Gn 13:1 0, 11 1 K 7:46 = 2 Ch 4:1 7; abs. הַכִּכָּר Gn 19:1 7, 25 Dt 34:3 2 S 18:2 3; אֶרֶץ הַכּ׳ Gn 19:2 8; עָרֵי הַכּ׳ 13:1 2; 19:29 , v. GASm G. 505 Buhl G. 112; district of

Lane . W. Lane; usually circa., Arabic Dictionary. Che T. K. Cheyene, Introduction to Isaiah. Schwally F. Schwally, Idioticon d. Chr. Pal.
v. vide , see. Ba J. Barth, Nominalbildung . abs. absolute.
+ plus, denotes often that other passages, etc., might be cited. So also where the forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives are illustrated by citations, near the beginning of articles; while etc. in such connexions commonly indicates that other forms of the word occur, which it has not been thought worth while to cite.
cstr. construct.
du. dubious, doubtful.
v verse.
pl. plural.

×2 two times. prefixed, or added, or both, indicates All passages cited. = equivalent, equals.

GASm George Adam Smith, Historical Geography of the Holy Land. Buhl circa., geschichte der Edomiter .


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