Lexical Summary qara: to tear Original Word: קָרַעTransliteration: qara Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-rah') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to tear Meaning: to rend Strong's Concordance cut out, rend, surely, tear A primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them) -- cut out, rend, X surely, tear. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7167. qara קָרַע63 verb tear (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic strike head, bell, etc., beat drum, box ear, gnash teeth (Frey Dozy); also impugn, censure); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ק 1 Samuel 15:28 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular זַיִּקְרַע Genesis 37:29 +; 1 singular suffix אֶקְרָעֶנָּה 1 Kings 11:12, etc.; Imperative masculine plural קִרְעוּ 2 Samuel 3:31; Joel 2:13; Infinitive absolute קָרֹעַ 1 Kings 11:11; construct לִקְרוֺעַ Ecclesiastes 3:7, suffix קָרְעִי Ezra 9:5; Participle active קֹרֵעַ 1 Kings 11:31; passive קָרוּעַ 2 Samuel 15:32, etc.; — tear, rend: 1. a. usually (39 t.) of rending garment in (I) sign of grief, distress: בֶּגֶד (29 t.) Genesis 37:29, 34; 44:13; 2 Samuel 13:19 +; ׳ק ׳ב קְרָעִים לִשְׁנַיִם 2 Kings 2:12, ׳ק ב וְאַל ׳לְבַבְכֶם Joel 2:13; participle Pass. ק ׳בְּגָדָיו 2 Samuel 1:2; construct ב ׳קְרֻעֵי torn of garments (pers. with torn garments 13:31 (but read ᵑ9 ᵐ5 ב ׳קָֽרְעוּ Th We and others), 2 Kings 18:37 = Isaiah 36:22; Jeremiah 41:5; מְעִיל Job 1:20; 2:12; Ezra 9:3 (+ בֶּנֶד), כְּתֹנֶת 2 Samuel 13:19, כֻּתָּנְתּוֺ קָרוּעַ 15:32 (Ges§ 121d); שְׂמָתֹ Genesis 37:34; 44:13; Joshua 7:6; passive participle קְרֻעִים מַדָּיו 1 Samuel 4:12; (2) as symbolic act, ק ׳קְרָעִים עָשָׁר שְׁנֵים שַׂלְמָה 1 Kings 11:30; (3) absolute לִתְמּוֺר וְעֵת לִקְרוֺעַ עֵת Ecclesiastes 3:7. b. tear away or out: veils Ezekiel 13:21, fillets from (מֵעַל) arms 13:20, mark of leprosy out of (מִן) garment Leviticus 13:56. 2 tear away sovereignty (under figure of garment), subject מֵעַל ׳י, person 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 11:11, also מִיַּד 1 Samuel 28:17; 1 Kings 11:12, 31, מִן 14:8, absolute 11:13; with accusative ׳יִשׂ + מֵעַל 2 Kings 17:21. 3 tear, rend asunder: a. book with (ב) knife Jeremiah 36:23. b. = make wide, large, eyes, with (ב) stibium Jeremiah 4:30; windows, ׳וק לוֺ [ו]חַלּוֺנָ֑י 22:14. c. rend open heavens, and descend of ׳י, Isaiah 63:19. 4 tear, rend, of wild beasts: ׳י as fierce bear Hosea 13:8 (object לִבָּם סְגוֺר); figurative of human foes Psalm 35:15 (accusative of person omitted), so Hup and others, but (from context) Ol Bae We and others malign, rail (compare Arabic above); > Gr and others קָרְאוֺ. Niph`al be rent, of garment (מְעִיל), Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקָּרַ֑ע 1 Samuel 15:27, יִקָּרֵעַ Exodus 28:32; 39:23; be rent, split asunder, of altar 1 Kings 13:3, 5. |
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