כרע

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Hebrew

Root
כ־ר־ע (k-r-ʿ)

Pronunciation

Verb

כָּרַע • (karáʿ) (pa'al construction)

  1. to kneel
  2. to bow down, to squat
    • 1925, Rachel the Poetess, An Encounter, Half an Encouter :
      וְעַל בִּרְכַּי אֶכְרַע עַל שְׂפַת אֲגַם סוֹאֵן \ לִשְׁתּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ לִרְוָיָה!
      And on my knees I'll bow on the edge of a tumultuous lake / to drink from it to satisfy my thirst!
  3. to collapse
    • 1947, Matityahou Shelem, An Oat in the Field 1–3
      שִׁבֹּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה / כּוֹרְעָה בָּרוּחַ / מֵעֹמֶס גַּרְעִינִים כִּי רַב.[1]
      shibólet basadé / kor'á barúach / meomés gar'iním kí ráv
      An oat in the field / collapses in the wind / from the load of many seeds.

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּרַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כָּרַעְתִּי כָּרַעְנוּ
second כָּרַעְתָּ כָּרַעְתְּ כְּרַעְתֶּם1 כְּרַעְתֶּן1
third כָּרַע כָּרְעָה כָּרְעוּ
present כּוֹרֵעַ כּוֹרַעַת כּוֹרְעִים כּוֹרְעוֹת
future first אֶכְרַע נִכְרַע
second תִּכְרַע תִּכְרְעִי תִּכְרְעוּ תִּכְרַעְנָה2
third יִכְרַע תִּכְרַע יִכְרְעוּ תִּכְרַעְנָה2
imperative כְּרַע כִּרְעִי כִּרְעוּ כְּרַעְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּרַעְתֶּם and כָּרַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

  1. ^ שיבולת בשדה at Zemereshet

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