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title: קָרַם — spread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָרַם (7159), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: spread. BDB 1906: vb. spread lay. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָרַם

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«קָרַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spread** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7159 · **BDB:** קָרַם

### Glosses

I.will.cover (1); it.covered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7159/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spread lay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7159/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spread or lay something over (NH id. form a crust, so Hiph. יקרים על Ecclus 43:20; Aramaic קְרַם, ܩܪܰܡ, incrust, overlay);— Pf. 1 s. וְקָרַמְתִּ֫י עֲלֵיכֶם עוֹר Ez 37:6 I will spread skin over you (i.e. the dry bones); Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקְרַם עֲלֵיהֶם עוֹר v 8 (so Gi van d. H.; Baer וַיִּקְרָם, of which conflicting explan. Ges§§ 9 u, 294), indef. subj. instead of pass.; but read וַיִּקָּ֫רֶם 𝔖 (cf. 𝔙) Co Berthol Toy Krae.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָרַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7159/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 37:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.8/)

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וְרָאִ֜יתִי וְהִנֵּֽה־עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם גִּדִים֙ וּבָשָׂ֣ר עָלָ֔ה וַיִּקְרַ֧ם עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם ע֖וֹר מִלְמָ֑עְלָה וְר֖וּחַ אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I.saw and there! \[were\].on them tendons and flesh it.came.up and it.covered over them skin from to above and breath there.\[was\].not in them

*JPS 1917:* And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

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[Ezekiel 37:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.6/)

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וְנָתַתִּי֩ עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם גִּדִ֜ים וְֽהַעֲלֵתִ֧י עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בָּשָׂ֗ר וְקָרַמְתִּ֤י עֲלֵיכֶם֙ ע֔וֹר וְנָתַתִּ֥י בָכֶ֛ם ר֖וּחַ וִחְיִיתֶ֑ם וִידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.give to you tendons and I.will.bring.up over you flesh and I.will.cover over you skin and I.will.put in you breath and you.will.live and you.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.'

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