כֶּרֶם

כֶּרֶם₉₂ noun masculine^{5 Mos 28,30} (feminine^{Es 27,2}) vineyard (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּרְמָא Zinjirli כרם DHM^Sendsch.58; Arabic , vine; Ethiopic vine; Jen^{ZA vii. (1892), 217} compare Assyrian Karânu, vine; — etymology dubious; Thes and others compare Arabic noble, generous, fertile, but precarious); — absolute ׳כ 2 Mos 22,4 +, כָּ֑רֶם 1 Mos 9,20 +; construct כֶּרֶם 1 Kong 21,7 +; suffix כַּרְמִי Es 5,3 +, כַּרְמְךָ 2 Mos 23,11 +, etc.; plural כְּרָמִים Jos 24,13 +; construct כַּרְמֵי Amos 5,1 + 2 t.; suffix כְּרָמֵנוּ Neh 5,3 + 3 t.; כַרְמֵיכֶם Amos 4,9 + 2 t., etc., — vineyard 1 Mos 9,20 (J), 1 Kong 21,1 + 9 t. 1 Kong 21,1–200; Hoj 2,15 (twice in verse) +; so even Dom 15,5 (where read וזית ׳כָ compare GFM, who however doubts genuineness); + זַּיִת 2 Mos 23,11 (E) and often (V. זית); + שָׂדֶה 2 Mos 22,4; 2 Mos 22,5 (E), and often; figurative of Israel under ׳י's. care Es 5,1ff., compare Es 3,14; Jer 12,10 figurative of Shulamite's complexion Hoj 1,6, of her heart Hoj 8,12. — Vbs. governing ׳כ are: — נָטַע 1 Mos 9,20; Amos 5,11 + 16 t., compare ׳מַטָּעֵי כ Mik 1,6 זָרַע 5 Mos 22,9 (c. 2 accusative); חִלֵּל = begin to use fruit of, 5 Mos 20,6 (twice in verse); 5 Mos 28,30; Jer 31,5 זָמַר prune, 3 Mos 25,3; 3 Mos 25,4 בָּצַר gather, harvest (literally cut off, i.e. grapes, 3 Mos 25,5; 3 Mos 25,11), 5 Mos 24,21; Dom 9,27, compare לִקֵּשׁ Job 24,6 עוֺלֵל glean, 3 Mos 19,10; 5 Mos 24,21 אָכַל Jos 24,13 (usually 'eat fruit of' Es 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.