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כֶּרֶם92 noun masculine Deut 28:30 (feminine Isa 27:2 ) vineyard (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּרְמָא [untranscribed source text 2648] Zinjirli כרם DHMSendsch.58; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2649], [untranscribed source text 2650] vine; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2651] [untranscribed source text 2652] vine; JenZA vii. (1892), 217 compare Assyrian Karânu , vine; — etymology dubious; Thes and others compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2653] noble, generous, fertile, but precarious); — absolute ׳ כ Exod 22:4 +, כָּ֑רֶם Gen 9:20 +; construct כֶּרֶם 1Kgs 21:7 +; suffix כַּרְמִי Isa 5:3 +, כַּרְמְךָ Exod 23:11 +, etc.; plural כְּרָמִים Josh 24:13 +; construct כַּרְמֵי Amos 5:1 + 2 t.; suffix כְּרָמֵנוּ Neh 5:3 + 3 t.; כַרְמֵיכֶם Amos 4:9 + 2 t., etc., — vineyard Gen 9:20 ( J ), 1Kgs 21:1 + 9 t. 1Kgs 21 ; Song 2:15 (twice in verse) +; so even Judg 15:5 (where read וזית ׳ כָ compare GFM, who however doubts genuineness); + זַּיִת Exod 23:11 ( E ) and often (V. זית); + שָׂדֶה Exod 22:4; Exod 22:5 ( E ), and often; figurative of Israel under ׳ י's. care Isa 5:1ff., compare Isa 3:14; Jer 12:10 figurative of Shulamite's complexion Song 1:6, of her heart Song 8:12. — Vbs. governing ׳ כ are: — נָטַע Gen 9:20; Amos 5:11 + 16 t., compare ׳ מַטָּעֵי כ Mic 1:6 זָרַע Deut 22:9 (c. 2 accusative); חִלֵּל = begin to use fruit of, Deut 20:6 (twice in verse); Deut 28:30; Jer 31:5 זָמַר prune, Lev 25:3; Lev 25:4 בָּצַר gather, harvest (literally cut off, i.e. grapes, Lev 25:5; Lev 25:11), Deut 24:21; Judg 9:27, compare לִקֵּשׁ Job 24:6 עוֺלֵל glean, Lev 19:10; Deut 24:21 אָכַל Josh 24:13 (usually 'eat fruit of' Isa 65:21, etc.); locusts devour Amos 4:9 (si vera lectio) On proper name [of a location] אָבֵל כְּרָמִים see II. אָבֵל 4; בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם.