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title: קַרְקַר — Karkor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַרְקַר (lemma:קַרְקַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Karkor. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַרְקַר

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«קַרְקַר» 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:** lemma:קַרְקַר · **BDB:** קַרְקַר

### Glosses

it.will.destroy (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Karkor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5e8_5b0_5e7_5b7_5e8/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Nu 24:17 read קָדְקֹד q.v.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַרְקַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5e8_5b0_5e7_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 24:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.17/)

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אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְלֹ֣א קָר֑וֹב דָּרַ֨ךְ כּוֹכָ֜ב מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב וְקָ֥ם שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְקַרְקַ֖ר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת׃

*Word for word:* I see.him and not now I observe.him and not near it.will.march.forth a.star from Jacob and it.will.arise a.scepter from Israel and it.will.smash the.corners of.Moab and it.will.destroy all the.descendants of.Sheth

*JPS 1917:* I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth.

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