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כרם

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Aramaic

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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כָּרַם (kāram)

  1. to prune

Noun

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כְּרָם (krāmm

  1. absolute state of כַּרְמָא (karmā)

Hebrew

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כרם בדרום ישראל

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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כֶּרֶם (kéremm (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

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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

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