Brown-Driver-Briggs
קָרַע63 verb tear (Late Hebrew
id.; Arabic
strike head, bell, etc.,
beat drum,
box ear,
gnash teeth (Frey Dozy); also
impugn, censure); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ק 1 Samuel 15:28 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular זַיִּקְרַע Genesis 37:29 +; 1 singular suffix אֶקְרָעֶנָּה 1 Kings 11:12, etc.; Imperative masculine plural קִרְעוּ 2 Samuel 3:31; Joel 2:13; Infinitive absolute קָרֹעַ 1 Kings 11:11; construct לִקְרוֺעַ Ecclesiastes 3:7, suffix קָרְעִי Ezra 9:5; Participle active קֹרֵעַ 1 Kings 11:31; passive קָרוּעַ 2 Samuel 15:32, etc.; — tear, rend:
1. a. usually (39 t.) of rending garment in (I) sign of grief, distress: בֶּגֶד (29 t.) Genesis 37:29,34; Genesis 44:13; 2 Samuel 13:19 +; לִשְׁנַיִם קְרָעִים ׳ב ׳ק 2 Kings 2:12, ׳לְבַבְכֶם וְאַל ב ׳ק Joel 2:13; participle Pass. ׳בְּגָדָיו ק 2 Samuel 1:2; construct ׳קְרֻעֵי ב torn of garments (pers. with torn garments 2 Samuel 13:31 (but read ׳קָֽרְעוּ ב ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Th We and others), 2 Kings 18:37 = Isaiah 36:22; Jeremiah 41:5; מְעִיל Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Ezra 9:3 (+ בֶּנֶד), כְּתֹנֶת 2 Samuel 13:19, קָרוּעַ כֻּתָּנְתּוֺ 2 Samuel 15:32 (Ges§ 121d); שְׂמָתֹ Genesis 37:34; Genesis 44:13; Joshua 7:6; passive participle מַדָּיו קְרֻעִים 1 Samuel 4:12; (2) as symbolic act, שַׂלְמָה שְׁנֵים עָשָׁר ׳קְרָעִים ק 1 Kings 11:30; (3) absolute עֵת לִקְרוֺעַ וְעֵת לִתְמּוֺר Ecclesiastes 3:7.
b. tear away or out: veils Ezekiel 13:21, fillets from (מֵעַל) arms Ezekiel 13:20, mark of leprosy out of (מִן) garment Leviticus 13:56.
2 tear away sovereignty (under figure of garment), subject ׳י, מֵעַל person 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 11:11, also מִיַּד 1 Samuel 28:17; 1 Kings 11:12,31, מִן 1 Kings 14:8, absolute 1 Kings 11:13; with accusative ׳יִשׂ + מֵעַל 2 Kings 17:21.
3 tear, rend asunder:
a. book with (ב) knife Jeremiah 36:23.
b. = make wide, large, eyes, with (ב) stibium Jeremiah 4:30; windows, לוֺ ׳וק [ו]חַלּוֺנָ֑י Jeremiah 22:14.
c. rend open heavens, and descend of ׳י, Isaiah 63:19.
4 tear, rend, of wild beasts: ׳י as fierce bear Hosea 13:8 (object סְגוֺר לִבָּם); figurative of human foes Psalm 35:15 (accusative of person omitted), so Hup and others, but (from context) Ol Bae We and others malign, rail (compare Arabic above); > Gr and others קָרְאוֺ.
Niph`al be rent, of garment (מְעִיל), Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקָּרַ֑ע 1 Samuel 15:27, יִקָּרֵעַ Exodus 28:32; Exodus 39:23; be rent, split asunder, of altar 1 Kings 13:3,5.
