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title: קְרָעִים — torn piece · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְרָעִים (7168), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: torn piece. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְרָעִים

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«קְרָעִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **torn piece** — 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:** 7168

### Glosses

pieces (3); rags (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

torn piece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7168/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְרָעִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7168/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.21/)

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כִּי־סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.drunkard and a.glutton he.will.become.impoverished and rags it.will.clothe.\[him\] drowsiness

*JPS 1917:* For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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[1 Kings 11:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.30/)

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וַיִּתְפֹּ֣שׂ אֲחִיָּ֔ה בַּשַּׂלְמָ֥ה הַחֲדָשָׁ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וַיִּ֨קְרָעֶ֔הָ שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר קְרָעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.seized Ahijah (in) the cloak (the) new which \[was\].on him and he tore.it two.plus ten pieces

*JPS 1917:* And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.

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