קֶרֶת

«קֶרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: town — 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: 5 times · Key: 7176 · BDB: קֶ֫רֶת

Glosses

of.[the].town (3); [the].town (1); a.town (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

town tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. town, city tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. town, city (late poet.) (cf. Ph. קרת הדשת n.pr.loc. in Cyprus, also = Carthage, and perhaps Cirta, Tigranocerta; cp. Thes);—always קָ֑רֶת;—of Job’s city, Jb 29:7; indef. Pr 8:3; 9:3, 14; city as a corporate body of men 11:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 9:3

שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃

Word for word: she.has.sent.out servants her.female she.calls.out on [the].elevations of.[the].heights of.[the].town

JPS 1917: She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:

Proverbs 8:3

לְיַד־שְׁעָרִ֥ים לְפִי־קָ֑רֶת מְב֖וֹא פְתָחִ֣ים תָּרֹֽנָּה׃

Word for word: to.[the] side of.[the].gates to.[the] opening of.[the].town [the].entrance of.[the].doorways she.cries.aloud

JPS 1917: Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

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