קֶרֶץ

«קֶרֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: nipping — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 7171 · BDB: קֶ֫רֶץ

Glosses

a.gadfly (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

nipping tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. nipping nipper tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. dub. word, appar. nipping, concr. nipper usually interpr. (since Hi) of a nipping or stinging insect (cf. Aramaic קָרוֹצָא, Arabic قَارِصٌ biting insect); e.g. gadfly (cf. ThesAdd. 111), fig. of Nebuchadr. ק׳ מִצָּפוֹן בָּא Je 46:20 a gadfly cometh from the north; 𝔙 (Aq Symm) stimulator, i.e. קֹרֵץ; Thes al., more gen., excidium.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Jeremiah 46:20

עֶגְלָ֥ה יְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖היְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖ה מִצְרָ֑יִם קֶ֥רֶץ מִצָּפ֖וֹן בָּ֥א בָֽא׃

Word for word: [is].a.heifer very beautiful Egypt a.gadfly from.[the] north [is].about.to.come [is].about.to.come

JPS 1917: Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.

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