כָּרַע

bow down (NH id.; Aramaic כְּרַע; Arabic كَرَعَ put one’s mouth into water, or water-vessel; i.e. kneel to drink? denom. from foll.?);—Qal Pf. 3 m. כ׳ Gn 49:6 + 6 times; 3 mpl. כָּֽרְעוּ Ju 7:6 + 4 times; Impf. יִכְרַע Ju 7:5 + 3 times; 1 s. וָאֶכְרְעָה Ezr 9:5; 3 mpl. יִכְרְעוּן Jb 31:10; 2 mpl. תִּכְרָ֑עוּ Is 65:12; 1 pl. וְנִכְרָ֑עָה ψ 95:6 + 6 times Impf.; Inf. cstr. כְּרֹעַ 1 K 8:54; Pt. כֹּרֵעַ Est 3:5; pl. כֹּרְעִים Est 3:2; f. כֹּרְעוֹת Jb 4:4.— bow על ברכים to drink Ju 7:5, 6, in supplication to Elijah 2 K 1:13; in the worship of God 1 K 8:54; Ezr 9:5; c. ברכים subj. and ל of God 1 K 19:18; Is 45:23; without ברכים c. לִפְנֵי ψ 22:30; 72:9; ‖ השׁתחוה 2 Ch 7:3; 29:29 ψ 95:6, worship of God, but Est 3:2(×2), 5 in obeisance to Haman. bow down, of the couching lion Gn 49:9; Nu 24:9 (both poetry). preg. c. על, bow down over (in order to lie with) a woman Jb 31:10. bow down, of a woman in childbirth 1 S 4:19, so of animals Jb 39:3; idols, removed by enemies Is 46:1, 2; בִּרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת Jb 4:4 tottering (feeble) knees; of enemies in death, כרע [ו]נפל bow and fall down Ju 5:27(×3) ψ 20:9, preg. without נפל 2 K 9:24; Is 65:12, c. תַּחַת Is 10:4.— Pf. 3 ms. הִכְרִיעַ ψ 78:31; 2 fs. sf. הִכְרַעְתִּנִי Ju 11:35; Impf. 2 ms. תַּכְרִיעַ 2 S 22:40 = ψ 18:40; Imv. sf. הַכְרִיעֵהוּ ψ 17:13; Inf. abs. הַכְרֵעַ Ju 11:35.— cause to bow in grief Ju 11:35(×2). cause to bow down in death ψ 17:13; 78:31, c. תַּחַת 2 S 22:40 = ψ 18:40.