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title: כַּרְמֶל — plantation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּרְמֶל (3759), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: plantation. BDB 1906: n.m. plantation, garden-land. fruit, garden-growth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּרְמֶל

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«כַּרְמֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plantation** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 3759 · **BDB:** כַּרְמֶל

### Glosses

orchard (7); its.plantation (2); orchard\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plantation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3759/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. plantation, garden-land. fruit, garden-growth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3759/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 29:17 1. plantation, garden-land. 2. fruit, garden-growth (ל + כֶּרֶם, cf. Ges§ 85, 52 Sta§ 299);—abs. כ׳ Is 16:10 + 12 times; sf. כַּרְמִלּוֹ Is 10:18 + 2 times;— garden-land, Is 16:10 (‖ כְּרָמִים), 10:18 (‖ יַעַר), 29:17(×2) (opp. לְבָנוֹן, יַעַר), 32:15(×2) (opp. מִדְבָּר, יַעַר), v 16 Je 4:26 (opp. מִדְבָּר), 48:33 2 Ch 26:10 (opp. הֶהָרִים); אֶרֶץ הַכּ׳ Je 2:7 the country of garden-land, i.e. fertile; יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֹ 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24, the garden-like forest of it (viz. of Lebanon). On Mi 7:14 v. ii. כַּרְמֶל. by meton. (fresh) fruit, garden-growth, 2 K 4:42 (+ לֶחֶם שְׂעוֹרִים); Lv 2:14 (+ אָבִיב קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ, and גֶּרֶשׂ, q.v.), לֶחֶם וְקָלִי וכי Lv 23:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּרְמֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3759/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 32:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.16/)

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וְשָׁכַ֥ן בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה בַּכַּרְמֶ֥ל תֵּשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.dwell in the wilderness justice and righteousness in the orchard it.will.remain

*JPS 1917:* Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

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[Isaiah 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.18/)

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וּכְב֤וֹד יַעְרוֹ֙ וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹ מִנֶּ֥פֶשׁ וְעַד־בָּשָׂ֖ר יְכַלֶּ֑ה וְהָיָ֖ה כִּמְסֹ֥ס נֹסֵֽס׃

*Word for word:* and the.splendor his.forest his and orchard his from breath and unto flesh it.will.bring.to.an.end and it.will.be as wastes.away \[one.who.is\].sick

*JPS 1917:* And the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, he will consume both soul and body; and it shall be as when a sick man wasteth away.

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