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title: קָרַן — shoot out horns · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָרַן (7160), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: shoot out horns. BDB 1906: vb. denom. send out rays Hiph.denom. horns. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָרַן

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«קָרַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shoot out horns** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7160 · **BDB:** קָרַן

### Glosses

it.shone (3); having.horns (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shoot out horns [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7160/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. send out rays Hiph.denom. horns [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7160/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. of קֶרֶן 5, send out rays;—Pf. 3 ms. קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו Ex 34:29, 30, 35 (P). Hiph.denom. of קֶרֶן 1 a, display (grow) horns (be fully developed), Pt. פָּר מַקְרִן מַפְרִים ψ 69:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָרַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7160/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.32/)

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וְתִיטַ֣ב לַֽ֭יהוָה מִשּׁ֥וֹר פָּ֗ר מַקְרִ֥ן מַפְרִֽיס׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.good to Yahweh more than.an.ox a.young.bull having.horns having.hooves

*JPS 1917:* And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

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[Exodus 34:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.30/)

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וַיַּ֨רְא אַהֲרֹ֜ן וְכָל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה קָרַ֖ן ע֣וֹר פָּנָ֑יו וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ מִגֶּ֥שֶׁת אֵלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.saw Aaron and all the.people of.Israel (et) Moses and there! it.shone the.skin his.face his and they.were.afraid from drawing.near to him

*JPS 1917:* And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face sent forth beams; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

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