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title: קָרֵחַ — Careah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָרֵחַ (7143), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: Careah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָרֵחַ

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«קָרֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Careah** — 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:** 7143 · **BDB:** קָרֵחַ

### Glosses

of.Kareah (14)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Careah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7143/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7143/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Judah (bald one);—2 K 25:23, Καρηθ, 𝔊L Καρηε; Je 40:8 + 12 times Je, Καρηε.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָרֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7143/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 40:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.40.13/)

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וְיֽוֹחָנָן֙ בֶּן־קָרֵ֔חַ וְכָל־שָׂרֵ֥י הַחֲיָלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה בָּ֥אוּ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ הַמִּצְפָּֽתָה׃

*Word for word:* and Johanan the.son of.Kareah and all the.commanders of the.armies which \[were\].in the.open country they.came to Gedaliah to (the) Mizpah

*JPS 1917:* Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

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[Jeremiah 41:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.41.14/)

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וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ כָּל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁבָ֥ה יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל מִן־הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אֶל־יֽוֹחָנָ֖ן בֶּן־קָרֵֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and they.turned.round all the people which he.had.taken.captive Ishmael from (the) Mizpah and they.turned.back and they.went to Johanan the.son of.Kareah

*JPS 1917:* So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

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