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title: כָּתַר — surround · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּתַר (3803), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: surround. BDB 1906: vb. surround Pi. Pi. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּתַר

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«כָּתַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **surround** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3803 · **BDB:** כָּתַר

### Glosses

wait (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

surround [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3803/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. surround Pi. Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3803/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. surround (in Pi.), (Aramaic כַּתַּר Pa., wait, hope for; ܟܰܬܰܪ Pa. wait, await, remain; i.e. perhaps surround expectantly, v. Jb 36:2 infr.)— Pf. 3 pl. כִּתְּרוּ Ju 20:43 of surrounding an enemy; sf. כִּתְּרוּנִי ψ 22:13 (in fig.; ‖ סְבָבוּנִי); Imv. כַּתַּר־לִי Jb 36:2 wait, I pray (as in Aramaic) Impf. 3 mpl. בִּי יַכְתִּרוּ צַדִּיקִים ψ 142:8 dub., throw out crowns (Ges§ 53 g), i.e. appear with crowns (denom. from כֶּתֶר; but this very late—only in Est.); fig. for triumph, because of me; but Gr Che יִתְפָּֽאֲרוּ (v. I. פאר); יַכְתִּרוּ דָ֑עַת Pr 14:18 dub., Thes De al. throw out knowledge as a crown, make knowledge their crown (denom. from כֶּתֶר; but v. supr.), Now, encompass knowledge, i.e. posses it (‖ נָֽחֲלוּ); sense good, but meaning of כ׳ without ‖. Pt. מַכְתִּיר surrounding (as Pi.) Hb 1:4 (c. acc. of enemy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3803/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.2/)

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כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* wait for me a.little so that I.may.inform.you (dm).that still \[are\].for God words

*JPS 1917:* Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.

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