קָרַע

vb. tear (NH id.; Arabic قَرَعَ strike head, bell, etc., beat drum, box ear, gnash teeth (Frey Dozy); also impugn, censure);— Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ 1 S 15:28 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקְרַע Gn 37:29 +; 1 s. sf. אֶקְרָעֶנָּה 1 K 11:12, etc.; Imv. mpl. קִרְעוּ 2 S 3:31 Jo 2:13; Inf. abs. קָרֹעַ 1 K 11:11; cstr. לִקְרוֹעַ Ec 3:7, sf. קָרְעִי Ezr 9:5; Pt. act. קֹרֵעַ 1 K 11:31; pass. קָרוּעַ 2 S 15:32, etc.;—tear, rend: usually (39 times) of rending garment in (1) grief: בֶּגֶד Gn 37:29, שִׂמְלָה 37:34; 44:13, כְּתֹנֶת 2 S 13:19, ק׳ ב׳ לִשְׁנַיִם קְרָעִים 2 K 2:12, ק׳ לְבַבְכֶם וְאַל ב׳ Jo 2:13; pt. pass. בְּגָדָיו ק׳ 2 S 1:2; cstr. קְרֻעֵי ב׳ torn of garments (pers. with torn garments) 2 S 13:31 (but read קָֽרְעוּ ב׳ 𝔊 𝔙 Th We al.), 2 K 18:37 = Is 36:22, Je 41:5; מְעִיל †Jb 1:20; 2:12 Ezr 9:3 (+ בֶּגֶד), כְּתֹנֶת 2 S 13:19, קָרוּעַ כֻּתָּנְתּוֹ 2 S 15:32 (Ges§ 121 d); שְׂמָלֹת †Gn 37:34; 44:13; Jos 7:6; pt. pass. †מַדָּיו קְרֻעִים 1 S 4:12; †(2) as symbolic act, ק׳ שַׂלְמָה שְׁנֵים עָשָׁר קְרָעִים 1 K 11:30; †(3) abs. עֵת לִקְרוֹעַ וְעֵת לִתְפּוֹר Ec 3:7. tear away or out: veils Ez 13:21, fillets from (מֵעַל) arms v 20, mark of leprosy out of (מִן) garment Lv 13:56. tear away sovereignty (under fig. of garment), subj. י׳, מֵעַל pers. 1 S 15:28 1 K 11:11, also מִיַּד 1 S 28:17 1 K 11:12, 31, מִן 14:8, abs. 11:13; c. acc. יִשׂ׳ + מֵעַל 2 K 17:21. tear, rend asunder: book with (ב) knife Je 36:23. = make wide, large, eyes, with (ב) stibium Je 4:30; windows, וק׳ לוֹ חַלּוֹנָ֑י[ו] 22:14. rend open heavens, and descend, of י׳, Is 63:19. tear, rend, of wild beasts: י׳ as fierce bear Ho 13:8 (obj. סְגוֹר לִבָּם); fig. of human foes ψ 35:15 (acc. pers. om.), so Hup al., but (from context) Ol Bae We al. malign, rail (cf. Arabic supr.); > Gr al. קָרְאוּ. be rent, of garment (מְעִיל), Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקָּרַ֑ע 1 S 15:27, יִקָּרֵעַ Ex 28:32; 39:23; be rent, split asunder, of altar 1 K 13:3, 5.