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

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«כָּתַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **surround** — 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:** lemma:כָּתַר · **BDB:** כָּתַר

### Glosses

\[is\].surrounding (1); they (1); they.surround (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

surround [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. surround Pi. Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. surround (in Pi.), (Aramaic כַּתַּר Pa., wait, hope for; ܟܰܬܰܪ Pa. wait, await, remain; i.e. perhaps surround expectantly, v. Jb 36:2 infr.)— Pf. 3 pl. כִּתְּרוּ Ju 20:43 of surrounding an enemy; sf. כִּתְּרוּנִי ψ 22:13 (in fig.; ‖ סְבָבוּנִי); Imv. כַּתַּר־לִי Jb 36:2 wait, I pray (as in Aramaic) Impf. 3 mpl. בִּי יַכְתִּרוּ צַדִּיקִים ψ 142:8 dub., throw out crowns (Ges§ 53 g), i.e. appear with crowns (denom. from כֶּתֶר; but this very late—only in Est.); fig. for triumph, because of me; but Gr Che יִתְפָּֽאֲרוּ (v. I. פאר); יַכְתִּרוּ דָ֑עַת Pr 14:18 dub., Thes De al. throw out knowledge as a crown, make knowledge their crown (denom. from כֶּתֶר; but v. supr.), Now, encompass knowledge, i.e. posses it (‖ נָֽחֲלוּ); sense good, but meaning of כ׳ without ‖. Pt. מַכְתִּיר surrounding (as Pi.) Hb 1:4 (c. acc. of enemy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 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 «כָּתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 14:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.18/)

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נָחֲל֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם אִוֶּ֑לֶת וַֽ֝עֲרוּמִ֗ים יַכְתִּ֥רוּ דָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* they.inherit naive.people foolishness and sensible.\[people\] they.surround knowledge

*JPS 1917:* The thoughtless come into possession of folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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[Psalms 22:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.13/)

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סְ֭בָבוּנִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* they have.surrounded.me bulls many mighty.\[bulls\] of.Bashan they have.surrounded.me

*JPS 1917:* Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

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