--- title: כָּרַע — bow down · The Tanakh dictionary description: כָּרַע (3766), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: bow down. BDB 1906: Qal. 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/3766.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/1499-3.md)‎ / כָּרַע‎ # כָּרַע «כָּרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bow down** — 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:** 36 times · **Key:** 3766 · **BDB:** כָּרַע ### Glosses he.bowed.down (4); they.bowed.down (3); they.have.bowed.down (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) bow down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3766/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3766/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** bow down (NH id.; Aramaic כְּרַע; Arabic كَرَعَ put one’s mouth into water, or water-vessel; i.e. kneel to drink? denom. from foll.?);—Qal Pf. 3 m. כ׳ Gn 49:6 + 6 times; 3 mpl. כָּֽרְעוּ Ju 7:6 + 4 times; Impf. יִכְרַע Ju 7:5 + 3 times; 1 s. וָאֶכְרְעָה Ezr 9:5; 3 mpl. יִכְרְעוּן Jb 31:10; 2 mpl. תִּכְרָ֑עוּ Is 65:12; 1 pl. וְנִכְרָ֑עָה ψ 95:6 + 6 times Impf.; Inf. cstr. כְּרֹעַ 1 K 8:54; Pt. כֹּרֵעַ Est 3:5; pl. כֹּרְעִים Est 3:2; f. כֹּרְעוֹת Jb 4:4.— bow על ברכים to drink Ju 7:5, 6, in supplication to Elijah 2 K 1:13; in the worship of God 1 K 8:54; Ezr 9:5; c. ברכים subj. and ל of God 1 K 19:18; Is 45:23; without ברכים c. לִפְנֵי ψ 22:30; 72:9; ‖ השׁתחוה 2 Ch 7:3; 29:29 ψ 95:6, worship of God, but Est 3:2(×2), 5 in obeisance to Haman. bow down, of the couching lion Gn 49:9; Nu 24:9 (both poetry). preg. c. על, bow down over (in order to lie with) a woman Jb 31:10. bow down, of a woman in childbirth 1 S 4:19, so of animals Jb 39:3; idols, removed by enemies Is 46:1, 2; בִּרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת Jb 4:4 tottering (feeble) knees; of enemies in death, כרע \[ו\]נפל bow and fall down Ju 5:27(×3) ψ 20:9, preg. without נפל 2 K 9:24; Is 65:12, c. תַּחַת Is 10:4.— Pf. 3 ms. הִכְרִיעַ ψ 78:31; 2 fs. sf. הִכְרַעְתִּנִי Ju 11:35; Impf. 2 ms. תַּכְרִיעַ 2 S 22:40 = ψ 18:40; Imv. sf. הַכְרִיעֵהוּ ψ 17:13; Inf. abs. הַכְרֵעַ Ju 11:35.— cause to bow in grief Ju 11:35(×2). cause to bow down in death ψ 17:13; 78:31, c. תַּחַת 2 S 22:40 = ψ 18:40. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 32 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «כָּרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3766/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.3/) תִּ֭כְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃ *Word for word:* they.kneel.down young their they.cleave.open labor-pains their they.send.forth *JPS 1917:* They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their fruit. [Job 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.4/) כּ֭וֹשֵׁליְקִימ֣וּן מִלֶּ֑יךָ וּבִרְכַּ֖יִם כֹּרְע֣וֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃ *Word for word:* \[one.who\].stumbled they raised words your and knees bending you.strengthened *JPS 1917:* Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. - ← previous: [כִּרְסֵם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3765.md) - next →: [כְּרָעַיִם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3767.md) - ↑ back to [כ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1499-3.md)