כרם

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܟܪܡ

Verb

כָּרַם • (kāram)

1. to prune

Noun

כְּרָם • (krām) m

1. absolute state of כַּרְמָא (karmā)

Hebrew

כרם בדרום ישראל

Etymology

Root
כ־ר־ם (k-r-m)
1 term

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

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /karm/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrɛm/, [ˈkʰɛːʀɛm]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkeʁem/

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Noun

כֶּרֶם • (kérem) m (plural indefinite כְּרָמִים, singular construct כֶּרֶם־, plural construct כַּרְמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. vineyard
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 20:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּמִי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־נָטַע כֶּרֶם וְלֹא חִלְּלוֹ יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְאִישׁ אַחֵר יְחַלְּלֶנּוּ׃

     And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? Let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof.

Declension

Declension of כֶּרֶם

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	כֶּרֶם	first	כַּרְמִי		כַּרְמֵנוּ
	definite	הַכֶּרֶם	second	כַּרְמְךָ	כַּרְמֵךְ	כַּרְמְכֶם	כַּרְמְכֶן
	construct	כֶּרֶם־	third	כַּרְמוֹ	כַּרְמָהּ	כַּרְמָם	כַּרְמָן
plural	indefinite	כְּרָמִים	first	כרמיי / כְּרָמַי		כְּרָמֵינוּ
	definite	הַכְּרָמִים	second	כְּרָמֶיךָ	כרמייך / כְּרָמַיִךְ	כַּרְמֵיכֶם	כַּרְמֵיכֶן
	construct	כַּרְמֵי־	third	כְּרָמָיו	כְּרָמֶיהָ	כַּרְמֵיהֶם	כַּרְמֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם (bet hakérem)
• כַּרְמִיאֵל (karmi'él)

References

• H3754 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “כֶּרֶם”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 287b
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 671a
• “כרם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כרם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he