כַּר

Biblical Hebrew

pasture — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

pasture tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כַּר²: n.m. pasture tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. ψ 65:14 pasture (√ dub.; Thes der. from כַּר lamb (= lamb-pasturage); SchwallyZAW x. (1890) 186 from כרה, and comp. Assyrian kirû [which however = nursery of trees, grove DlHWB 353], Arabic كُرٌّ cistern; HomNS 100 from כרר q.v., orig. = round enclosure);—sg. only כַּר נִרְחָ֑ב Is 30:23 a roomy pasture; pl. כָּרִים ψ 37:20, לָֽבְשׁוּ כ׳ הַצֹּאן 65:14 the pastures are clothed with the sheep (> Schwally l.c. who tr. lambs ψ 37:20 after Aq 𝔖 𝔗, and 65:14, and underst. Is 30:23 of a def. pl.).—iii. כַּר lamb v. sub כרר.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [the] pastures (1); of pastures (1); pasture (1).

In the verses

Psalms 65:14 · tree →

לָבְשׁ֬וּ כָרִ֨ים ׀ הַצֹּ֗אן וַעֲמָקִ֥ים יַֽעַטְפוּ־בָ֑ר יִ֝תְרוֹעֲע֗וּ אַף־יָשִֽׁירוּ׃

Word for word: they.are.clothed [the].pastures (the) flock[s] and.[the] valleys they.cover.themselves grain they.shout.for.joy also they.sing

JPS 1917: The meadows are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.

Psalms 37:20 · tree →

כִּ֤י רְשָׁעִ֨ים ׀ יֹאבֵ֗דוּ וְאֹיְבֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה כִּיקַ֣ר כָּרִ֑ים כָּל֖וּ בֶעָשָׁ֣ן כָּֽלוּ׃

Word for word: (dm) wicked.[people] they.will.perish and the.enemies of.Yahweh [will be].like.a.splendid.[thing] of.pastures they.will.come.to.an.end in (the) smoke they.will.come.to.an.end

JPS 1917: For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs — they shall pass away in smoke, they shall pass away.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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