BDB5205 [H5234]
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**Arabic be shrewd , apparently rare, compare cunning Lane2850 a. —
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine plural לֹא נִכְּרוּ Lam 4:8 they are not recognized . Pi`el Perfect לֹא נִכַּר שׁוֺע לִפְנֵידָֿ֑ל Job 34:19 he regardeth not the opulent above the poor (|| לֹאנָֿשָׂא פְּנֵי שָׂרִים ); Imperfect לֹא תְנַכֵּ֑רוּ Job 21:29 do ye not recognize their tokens . Hiph`il Perfect הִכִּיר Deut 33:9; Dan 11:39 Kt ; suffix הִכִּירוֺ Gen 27:23 3 plural הִכִּירוּ Judg 18:3 + 2 t., suffix הִכִּירֻהוּ Job 2:12, הִכִּרֻהוּ Gen 42:8 Imperfect יַכִּיר Deut 21:17 + 3 t. + Dan 11:39 Qr ; וַיַּכֵּר Gen 38:26 +; suffix וַיַּכִּרֵ֫הוּ 1Kgs 18:7, יַכִּירֶ֫נּוּ Job 7:10, וַיַּכִּירָהּ Gen 37:33, etc.; Imperative ַהכֶּרֿ Gen 31:32 + 2 t.; Infinitive absolute הֵַכּרֿ (Ginsb van d. H. ַהכֶּרֿ ) Prov 24:23; Prov 28:21 construct suffix הַכִּירֵנִי Ruth 2:10 Participle מַכִּיר Ps 142:5, suffix מַכִּירֵךְ Ruth 2:19, etc.; —
1. regard, observe , especially with a view to recognition, with object clause, Gen 31:32; Gen 37:32; Gen 38:25 pay attention to , with accusative of person Ruth 2:10; Ruth 2:19 accusative of thing (of God) Job 34:25 accusative of thing omitted 2Sam 3:36 ׳ י subject כֵּן אַכִּיר ֗֗֗ לְטוֺבָה Jer 24:5 so will I regard the exiles ... for good ; Antiochus subject Dan 11:39 הִכִּיר פָּנִים pay regard to (shew partiality, = ׳ נָשָׂא פְּנֵי פ ) Deut 1:17; Deut 16:19 (|| הִטָּה מִשְׁפָּט ), Prov 24:23; Prov 28:21.
2. Recognize (as formerly known) with accusative of person or thing, Gen 27:23; Gen 37:33; Gen 38:26 (all J ), Gen 42:7; Gen 42:8 (twice in verse) (E ), 1Kgs 18:7; 1Kgs 20:41; Job 2:12 proverb. בְּטֶרֶם יַכִּיר אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ Ruth 3:14 before a man could recognize his fellow (i.e. before dawn); recognize voice (קוֺל ), Judg 18:3; 1Sam 26:17 = perceive the true situation, וָאַכִּירָה וְהִנֵּה Neh 6:12 and I perceived, and lo! God had not sent him.
3. Be willing to recognize, acknowledge Deut 21:17; Deut 33:9; Isa 63:16 (|| יָדַע ), Ps 142:5 acknowledge with honour Isa 61:9.
4. Be acquainted with , לֹא יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֺד מְקוֺמוֺ Job 7:10 his place shall be acquainted with him no more (he shall be gone and forgotten), compare Ps 103:16 with accusative of thing Job 24:17.
5. Distinguish, understand , הִכִּיר קוֺל ֗֗֗ לְקוֺל Ezra 3:13 could not distinguish , etc.; compare Job 4:16 could not distinguish its appearance ; הִכִּיר לְדַבֵּר Neh 13:24 understand how to speak , etc.
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The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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