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title: קֶרַח — frost · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶרַח (7140), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: frost. BDB 1906: n.m. frost, ice. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶרַח

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«קֶרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **frost** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7140 · **BDB:** קֶ֫רַח

### Glosses

ice (5); frost (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

frost [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7140/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. frost, ice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7140/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 38:29 frost, ice;—abs. ק׳ Gn 31:40 +, קָ֑רַח Jb 6:16 +; sf. קַרְחוֹ ψ 147:17;— frost of night (opp. חֹרֶב of day), Gn 31:40 (E), Je 36:30. ice, Jb 6:16; 37:10; 38:29 (‖ כְּפֹר hoarfrost), מַשְׁלִיךְ ק׳ כְפִתִּים ψ 147:17 (Hup al. think of hail, but v. Bae; ‖ קָרָה cold, שֶׁלֶג, כְּפוֹר v 16); probably also כְּעֵין ק׳ Ez 1:22 (so Krae; most crystal, after 𝔊).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7140/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.16/)

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הַקֹּדְרִ֥ים מִנִּי־קָ֑רַח עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם־שָֽׁלֶג׃

*Word for word:* (the).\[which are\].dark from ice over them it.hides.itself snow

*JPS 1917:* Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;

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[Job 37:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.10/)

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מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃

*Word for word:* from the.breath of.God it.gives ice and.\[the\] breadth of.\[the\].waters \[is\].(in) constraint

*JPS 1917:* By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

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