BDB4255 [H3803]

[כָּתַר] verb surround (in Pi`el), (Aramaic כַּתַּר Pa`el, wait, hope for; Pa`el wait, await, remain: i.e. perhaps surrounded expectantly, see Job 36:2 below) —

Pi`el Perfect 3 plural כִּתְּרוּ Judg 20:43 of surrounding an enemy; suffix כִּתְּרוּנִי Ps 22:13 (in figurative; || סְבָבוּנִי); Imperative כַּתַּרלִֿי Job 36:2 wait, I pray (as in Aramaic) Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural בִּי יַכְּתִּרוּ צַדִּיקִים Ps 142:8 dubious, throw out crowns (Ges«GKC:53g»§ 53g), i.e. appear with crowns (denominative from כֶּתֶר; but this very late — only in Esther); figurative for triumph, because of me; but Gr Che יִתְפָּֽאֲרוּ (see I. פאר); יַכְתִּרוּ דָ֑עַת Prov 14:18 dubious, Thes De and others throw out knowledge as a crown, make knowledge their crown (denominative from כֶּתֶר; but see above), Now, encompass knowledge, i.e. possess it (|| נָָֽחֲלוּ); sense good, but meaning of ׳כ without ||. Participle מַכְתִּיר surrounding (as Pi`el) Hab 1:4 (with accusative of enemy).


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