כֶּרֶם92 noun masculine[Deut 28:30] (feminine[Isa 27:2]) vineyard (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּרְמָא Zinjirli כרם DHMSendsch.58; Arabic , vine; Ethiopic vine; JenZA vii. (1892), 217 compare Assyrian Karânu, vine; — etymology dubious; Thes and others compare Arabic noble, generous, fertile, but precarious); — absolute ׳כ [Exod 22:4] +, כָּ֑רֶם [Gen 9:20] +; construct כֶּרֶם [1Kgs 21:7] +; suffix כַּרְמִי [Isa 5:3] +, כַּרְמְךָ [Exod 23:11] +, etc.; plural כְּרָמִים [Josh 24:13] +; construct כַּרְמֵי [Amos 5:1] + 2 t.; suffix כְּרָמֵנוּ [Neh 5:3] + 3 t.; כַרְמֵיכֶם [Amos 4:9] + 2 t., etc., — vineyard [Gen 9:20] (J), [1Kgs 21:1] + 9 t. [1Kgs 21]; [Song 2:15] (twice in verse) +; so even [Judg 15:5] (where read וזית ׳כָ compare GFM, who however doubts genuineness); + זַּיִת [Exod 23:11] (E) and often (V. זית); + שָׂדֶה [Exod 22:4]; [Exod 22:5] (E), and often; figurative of Israel under ׳י's. care [Isa 5:1]ff., compare [Isa 3:14]; [Jer 12:10] figurative of Shulamite's complexion [Song 1:6], of her heart [Song 8:12]. — Vbs. governing ׳כ are: — נָטַע [Gen 9:20]; [Amos 5:11] + 16 t., compare ׳מַטָּעֵי כ [Mic 1:6] זָרַע [Deut 22:9] (c. 2 accusative); חִלֵּל = begin to use fruit of, [Deut 20:6] (twice in verse); [Deut 28:30]; [Jer 31:5] זָמַר prune, [Lev 25:3]; [Lev 25:4] בָּצַר gather, harvest (literally cut off, i.e. grapes, [Lev 25:5]; [Lev 25:11]), [Deut 24:21]; [Judg 9:27], compare לִקֵּשׁ [Job 24:6] עוֺלֵל glean, [Lev 19:10]; [Deut 24:21] אָכַל [Josh 24:13] (usually 'eat fruit of' [Isa 65:21], etc.); locusts devour [Amos 4:9] (si vera lectio) On proper name, of a location אָבֵל כְּרָמִים see II. אָבֵל 4; בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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