Lexical Summary karah: a cistern, well Original Word: כָּרָהTransliteration: karah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-raw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a cistern, well Meaning: a cistern, well Strong's Concordance cottage Feminine of kar; a meadow -- cottage. see HEBREW kar Brown-Driver-Briggs H3741. karah [כָּרָה] noun feminine cistern (or well), only plural construct In רֹעִים כְּרֹת נְוֺת Zephaniah 2:6 pastures of (= with) wells of shepherds, but text dubious; ׳כ a gloss according to Köii. 176, (§ 94 a) Anm.; ᵐ5. κρήτὴ We (והיתה רעים נות כֶרת as ᵐ5. kereth = Philistia; see further כְּרֵתִי; BöhmeZAW vii. 1887, 212 views כְּרֹת, plausibly, as erroneous variant of preceding נְוֺת, so Schwib. x. 1890, 185, 186; Rosthstein in KauAT. כְּרֹת Zephaniah 2:6 see [ כָּרָה] below I. כרה. |
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