The corpus record — Hebrew

כָּרַ֨ע

kara

“OND: gentilic from IT 97973: fem

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Distribution

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 36 · 1.17/10k

Senses

1. כרע

“OND: gentilic from IT 97973: fem

2. כָּרַע

bow down

3. כָּרַע

to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate

4. כרע

to bow down, kneel down

Attestations

כָּרַ֨ע Genesis 49:9 (BHS)
כָּרַ֨ע Numbers 24:9 (BHS)
כָּרַ֥ע Judges 5:27 (BHS)
כָּרַ֣ע Judges 5:27 (BHS)
כָּרַ֔ע Judges 5:27 (BHS)
יִכְרַ֥ע Judges 7:5 (BHS)

6 of 36 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Koehler-Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) scan p. 145; entry #601 Review: Under source audit
Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (Carta 1987) scan p. 311; entry #7342 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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Hebrew text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology and lemmatization from the OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) lexicon, public domain.