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title: כַּר — pasture · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּר (lemma:כַּר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pasture. BDB 1906: n.m. pasture. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּר

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«כַּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pasture** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:כַּר · **BDB:** כַּר²

### Glosses

\[the\].pastures (1); of.pastures (1); pasture (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pasture [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pasture [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 65:14 pasture (√ dub.; Thes der. from כַּר lamb (= lamb-pasturage); SchwallyZAW x. (1890) 186 from כרה, and comp. Assyrian kirû \[which however = nursery of trees, grove DlHWB 353\], Arabic كُرٌّ cistern; HomNS 100 from כרר q.v., orig. = round enclosure);—sg. only כַּר נִרְחָ֑ב Is 30:23 a roomy pasture; pl. כָּרִים ψ 37:20, לָֽבְשׁוּ כ׳ הַצֹּאן 65:14 the pastures are clothed with the sheep (\> Schwally l.c. who tr. lambs ψ 37:20 after Aq 𝔖 𝔗, and 65:14, and underst. Is 30:23 of a def. pl.).—iii. כַּר lamb v. sub כרר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b7_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 65:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.14/)

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לָבְשׁ֬וּ כָרִ֨ים ׀ הַצֹּ֗אן וַעֲמָקִ֥ים יַֽעַטְפוּ־בָ֑ר יִ֝תְרוֹעֲע֗וּ אַף־יָשִֽׁירוּ׃

*Word for word:* they.are.clothed \[the\].pastures (the) flock\[s\] and.\[the\] valleys they.cover.themselves grain they.shout.for.joy also they.sing

*JPS 1917:* The meadows are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.

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[Psalms 37:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.20/)

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כִּ֤י רְשָׁעִ֨ים ׀ יֹאבֵ֗דוּ וְאֹיְבֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה כִּיקַ֣ר כָּרִ֑ים כָּל֖וּ בֶעָשָׁ֣ן כָּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) wicked.\[people\] they.will.perish and the.enemies of.Yahweh \[will be\].like.a.splendid.\[thing\] of.pastures they.will.come.to.an.end in (the) smoke they.will.come.to.an.end

*JPS 1917:* For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs — they shall pass away in smoke, they shall pass away.

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