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title: כָּרַם — tend vineyards · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּרַם (3755), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: tend vineyards. BDB 1906: vb.denom. tend vineyards, dress vines. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּרַם

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«כָּרַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tend vineyards** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 3755 · **BDB:** כָּרַם

### Glosses

vinedressers (4); O.vinedressers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tend vineyards [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3755/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. tend vineyards, dress vines [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3755/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. tend vineyards, dress vines, only Pt. pl. vinedressers כֹּרְמִים 2 K 25:12 = Je 52:16 (‖ יֹגְבִים), Jo 1:11; 2 Ch 26:10 (both ‖ אִכָּרִים), כֹּרְמֵיכֶם Is 61:5 (‖ id.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּרַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3755/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 25:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.25.12/)

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וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֖יר רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and some of.the.poor of the.land he.left.behind \[the\].chief of.\[the\].bodyguards to vinedressers and to husbandmen

*JPS 1917:* But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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[Joel 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.11/)

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הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ אִכָּרִ֗ים הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים עַל־חִטָּ֖ה וְעַל־שְׂעֹרָ֑ה כִּ֥י אָבַ֖ד קְצִ֥יר שָׂדֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* be.ashamed O.farmers wail O.vinedressers on \[the\].wheat and on \[the\].barley (dm) it.has.perished \[the\].harvest of.\[the\].field

*JPS 1917:* Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

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