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title: קֶרֶת — town · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶרֶת (7176), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: town. BDB 1906: n.f. town, city. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶרֶת

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«קֶרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **town** — 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:** 7176 · **BDB:** קֶ֫רֶת

### Glosses

of.\[the\].town (3); \[the\].town (1); a.town (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

town [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7176/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. town, city [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7176/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. town, city (late poet.) (cf. Ph. קרת הדשת n.pr.loc. in Cyprus, also = Carthage, and perhaps Cirta, Tigranocerta; cp. Thes);—always קָ֑רֶת;—of Job’s city, Jb 29:7; indef. Pr 8:3; 9:3, 14; city as a corporate body of men 11:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7176/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.3/)

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שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* she.has.sent.out servants her.female she.calls.out on \[the\].elevations of.\[the\].heights of.\[the\].town

*JPS 1917:* She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:

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[Proverbs 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.3/)

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לְיַד־שְׁעָרִ֥ים לְפִי־קָ֑רֶת מְב֖וֹא פְתָחִ֣ים תָּרֹֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] side of.\[the\].gates to.\[the\] opening of.\[the\].town \[the\].entrance of.\[the\].doorways she.cries.aloud

*JPS 1917:* Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

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