כָּרָע

[כֶּ֫רַע] noun [feminine] leg, (Late Hebrew כֶּרַע, Aramaic כַּרְעָא, — only dual feminine כְּרָעַיִם 3 Mos 11,21 + 3 t.; כְּרָעָ֑יִם 3 Mos 9,14 sf כְּרָעָיו 2 Mos 12,9 + 3 t.; — two (bending) legs, of animals in ritual phrase of P, ראֹשׁוֺ עַלכְּֿרָעָיו 2 Mos 12,9 his head with his legs, 3 Mos 4,11 (ה)קרב(ו) ו(ה)כרע (יוׅ (his) inwards and (his) legs 2 Mos 29,17; 3 Mos 1,9; 3 Mos 1,13; 3 Mos 8,21; 3 Mos 9,14; Amos 3,12 (of legs of lamb in mouth of lion); of the long bending hinder legs of the Saltatorial Orthoptera (see Tristr^{Nat. Hist. Bib. 309}; Dr^{Joel 84}) 3 Mos 11,21 אשׁר לוֺ כְרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו לְנַתֵּר בָּהֵן עַל הָאָרֶץ which have bending legs above their feet, etc.