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title: קַרְקֹר — Karkor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַרְקֹר (7174), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Karkor. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַרְקֹר

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«קַרְקֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Karkor** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7174 · **BDB:** קַרְקֹר

### Glosses

Karkor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Karkor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7174/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7174/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. E. of Jordan, Ju 8:10, site unknown; Καρκαρ.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַרְקֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7174/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.10/)

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וְזֶ֨בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֜ע בַּקַּרְקֹ֗ר וּמַחֲנֵיהֶ֤ם עִמָּם֙ כַּחֲמֵ֤שֶׁת עָשָׂר֙ אֶ֔לֶף כֹּ֚ל הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל מַחֲנֵ֣ה בְנֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וְהַנֹּ֣פְלִ֔ים מֵאָ֨ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and Zebah and Zalmunna \[were\].in (the) Karkor and armies their \[were\].with them about fif- teen thousand all \[those who\].remained of all the.army of.\[the\].people of.\[the\].east and \[those who\].fell \[were\].one.hundred and twenty thousand man \[who\].drew \[the\].sword

*JPS 1917:* Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

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