כרע

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Hebrew

Root
כ־ר־ע (k-r-ʿ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaːˈraʕ/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈraʕ/
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔˈraʕ/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈraŋ/ (West), /kaˈraʕ/ (East)
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔˈra(ŋ)/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈra(ʕ)/
Homophones: קָרַע (qaráʿ), קָרָא (qaráʾ), קָרָה (qará), כָּרָה (kará)

Verb

כָּרַע • (karáʿ) (pa'al construction)

to kneel
to bow down, to squat
- 1925, Rachel the Poetess, An Encounter, Half an Encounter:
  וְעַל בִּרְכַּי אֶכְרַע עַל שְׂפַת אֲגַם סוֹאֵן \ לִשְׁתּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ לִרְוָיָה!
  v'al birkáy ekhrá al sfát agám so'én lishtót miménu lirvayá
  And on my knees I'll bow on the edge of a tumultuous lake / to drink from it to satisfy my thirst!
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 barúakh / me'omés 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)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לכרוע / לִכְרֹעַ
		action noun		כְּרִיעָה
		passive participle		—

finite forms		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

¹ Pronounced כָּרַעְתֶּם and כָּרַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

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