קֶרַח

«קֶרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: frost — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 7 times · Key: 7140 · BDB: קֶ֫רַח

Glosses

ice (5); frost (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

frost tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. frost, ice tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Jb 38:29 frost, ice;—abs. ק׳ Gn 31:40 +, קָ֑רַח Jb 6:16 +; sf. קַרְחוֹ ψ 147:17;— frost of night (opp. חֹרֶב of day), Gn 31:40 (E), Je 36:30. ice, Jb 6:16; 37:10; 38:29 (‖ כְּפֹר hoarfrost), מַשְׁלִיךְ ק׳ כְפִתִּים ψ 147:17 (Hup al. think of hail, but v. Bae; ‖ קָרָה cold, שֶׁלֶג, כְּפוֹר v 16); probably also כְּעֵין ק׳ Ez 1:22 (so Krae; most crystal, after 𝔊).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «קֶרַח» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 6:16

הַקֹּדְרִ֥ים מִנִּי־קָ֑רַח עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם־שָֽׁלֶג׃

Word for word: (the).[which are].dark from ice over them it.hides.itself snow

JPS 1917: Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;

Job 37:10

מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃

Word for word: from the.breath of.God it.gives ice and.[the] breadth of.[the].waters [is].(in) constraint

JPS 1917: By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

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