כרע
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| כ־ר־ע (k-r-ʿ) |
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kaˈʁa(ʕ)/
- Homophones: קָרַע (qaráʿ), קָרָא (qaráʾ), קָרָה (qará), כָּרָה (kará)
Verb
כָּרַע • (karáʿ) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)
- to kneel
- to bow down, to squat
- 1925, Rachel the Poetess, An Encounter, Half an Encouter :
- וְעַל בִּרְכַּי אֶכְרַע עַל שְׂפַת אֲגַם סוֹאֵן \ לִשְׁתּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ לִרְוָיָה!
- And on my knees I'll bow on the edge of a tumultuous lake / to drink from it to satisfy my thirst!
- וְעַל בִּרְכַּי אֶכְרַע עַל שְׂפַת אֲגַם סוֹאֵן \ לִשְׁתּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ לִרְוָיָה!
- to collapse
- 1947, Matityahou Shelem, An Oat in the Field 1–3
- שִׁבֹּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה / כּוֹרְעָה בָּרוּחַ / מֵעֹמֶס גַּרְעִינִים כִּי רַב.[1]
- shibólet basadé / kor'á barúach / meomés gar'iním kí ráv
- An oat in the field / collapses in the wind / from the load of many seeds.
Conjugation
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References
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