--- title: כִּכָּר — a round · The Tanakh dictionary description: כִּכָּר (3603), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 68 times: a round. BDB 1906: n.f. round round district round loaf round weight, talent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3603.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [כ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1499.md)‎ / כִּכָּר‎ # כִּכָּר «כִּכָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a round** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 68 times · **Key:** 3603 · **BDB:** כִּכָּר² ### Glosses talent\[s\] (22); talents (12); a.talent (7) ### Meaning (OSHB) a round [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3603/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. round round district round loaf round weight, talent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3603/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Gn 13:10; Ex 29:23; a round: hence 1. a round district. 2. a round loaf. 3. a round weight, talent (NH id.; loaf, weight, talent; Aramaic כַּכְּרָא, ܟܰܟܪܳܐ, talent; Tel Am. gaggaru kaspu Wkl No. 35, Rev. 14 Christ.-Pal.-Aramaic ܟܪܟܪܝܬܐ, of honey-comb SchwallyIdiot. 46; on format. v. Ba NB 204);—abs. כ׳ Gn 13:12 +; cstr. כִּכַּר 1 S 2:36 +; du. כִּכְּרַיִם כֶּסֶף 1 K 16:24; 2 K 5:23, כִּכָּרָ֑יִם v 23; pl. כִּכָּרִים 1 Ch 22:14(×2) + 7 times Chr; cstr. כִּכְּרֵי 2 K 5:5 + 2 times Chr; כִּכְּרוֹת (loaves) Ju 8:5 1 S 10:3;— the round (or oval) especially of the Jordan valley, כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן Gn 13:10, 11; 1 K 7:46 = 2 Ch 4:17; abs. הַכִּכָּר Gn 19:17, 25; Dt 34:3; 2 S 18:23; אֶרֶץ הַכּ׳ Gn 19:28; עָרֵי הַכּ׳ 13:12; 19:29, v. GASmG. 505 BuhlG. 112; district of Jerus., הַכּ׳ Ne 3:22, 12:28. loaf of bread (from round shape), כִּכַּר לָ֑חֶם 1 S 2:36; Pr 6:26, cf. Ex 29:23; Je 37:21 1 Ch 16:3; כִּכְּרוֹת לֶחֶם 1 S 10:3; Ju 8:5. a weight (also from shape), כִּכַּר עֹפֶרֶת Zc 5:7 a weight of lead, serving as cover of an ephah. a particular unit of weight, talent, usually of gold or silver:—כ׳ זָהָב 2 S 12:30; 1 K 9:14 + 18 times; כ׳ כֶּסֶף 1 K 20:39; 2 K 5:5 + 21 times; but also of iron, בַּרְוֶל 1 Ch 29:7, and bronze נְחשֶׁת Ex 38:29 1 Ch 29:7.—The weight of the talent was 58.944 kilogr. (= 129.97 lbs.) according to older (Bab.) standard, later 49:11 kg. (= 108.29 lbs.) and less; v. BenzArch. 187 ff. 194 NowArch. i. 208 f..—See also שֶׁקֶל. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «כִּכָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3603/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Nehemiah 3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.22/) וְאַחֲרָ֛יו הֶחֱזִ֥יקוּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַכִּכָּֽר׃ *Word for word:* and after him they.repaired the priests the.men of the.surrounding.region *JPS 1917:* And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain. [Exodus 37:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.24/) כִּכָּ֛ר זָהָ֥ב טָה֖וֹר עָשָׂ֣ה אֹתָ֑הּ וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־כֵּלֶֽיהָ׃פ *Word for word:* a.talent gold pure he.made it and (et) all articles its *JPS 1917:* Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. - ← previous: [כָּכָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3602.md) - next →: [כֹּל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3605.md) - ↑ back to [כ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1499.md)