כרם
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Aramaic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]כָּּרַם • (kāram)
- to prune
Noun
[edit]כְּרָם • (krām) m
- absolute state of כַּרְמָא (karmā)
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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כ־ר־ם (k-r-m) |
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎋𐎗𐎎 (krm, “vineyard”), Aramaic כַּרְמָא (karmā, “vineyard”), Arabic كَرْم (karm, “vines”), Akkadian 𒃾 (karānum, “wine, vine, grapes”), and – possibly the source – Egyptian kꜣm, see there.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]כֶּרֶם • (kérem) m (plural indefinite כְּרָמִים, singular construct כֶּרֶם־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
Derived terms
[edit]- בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם (bet hakérem)
References
[edit]- “כרם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- כרם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he