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title: קָרַץ — nip · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָרַץ (7169), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: nip. BDB 1906: vb. nip, pinch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָרַץ

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«קָרַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nip** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7169 · **BDB:** קָרַץ

### Glosses

I.was.nipped.off (1); \[he.is\].winking (1); \[one.who\].purses (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nip [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7169/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. nip, pinch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7169/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. nip, pinch (NH קָרַץ cut dough, compress lips, קֶרֶץ piece of bread; Assyrian ḳarâṣu, nip off, gnaw, Arabic قَرَصَ pinch; Ethiopic ቀረጸ: incise; Syriac ܩܪܺܝܨܳܐ nail \[v. also Biblical Aramaic\]; cf. Frä35 f.);— Impf. 3 mpl. יִקְרְצוּ־עַיִן ψ 35:19 let them not pinch the eye, i.e. wink maliciously, so Pt. act. קֹרֵץ ע׳ Pr 10:10, ק׳ בְּעֵינוֹ 6:13; also ק׳ שְׂפָתָיו 16:30 pinching his lips (i.e. compressing, as NH, or biting, gnawing, cf. Assyrian). Pf. 1 s. מֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי Jb 33:6 from clay I was nipped off (cf. Assyrian ṭîṭa iḳtariṣ, he nipped off clay, to form Eabani).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָרַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7169/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.10/)

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קֹ֣רֵֽץעַ֭יִן יִתֵּ֣ן עַצָּ֑בֶת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].winks an.eye he.gives sorrow and a.fool of.lips he.will.be.ruined

*JPS 1917:* He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall.

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[Proverbs 16:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.30/)

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עֹצֶ֣ה עֵ֭ינָיו לַחְשֹׁ֣ב תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹת קֹרֵ֥ץ שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו כִּלָּ֥ה רָעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].shuts eyes his \[is\].to devise perverse.things \[one.who\].purses lips his he.accomplishes evil

*JPS 1917:* He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; he that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

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