BDB9874

[קְרַץ] noun [masculine] piece ( ᵑ7 ; see Biblical Hebrew קרץ); — plural suffix קַרְצ֫וֺהִי Dan 6:25, צֵיהוֺן- Dan 3:8, both in phrase ׳ אֲכַ֫לוּ ק, i.e. accuse maliciously (so ᵑ7 Syriac PS³⁷⁵⁶ (compare Old Aramaic ׳ אמר כרצי פ Lzb²⁹⁹ SAC⁶⁶ Cooke^{205 f.}; כרץ also Mandean), probably borrowed from Assyrian karƒe akâlu , malign, slander (often; also Tel Amarna); compare also u‡tarrizu Hamm^{Law 161}; further Arabic [untranscribed source text 6147] id., and kindred phrase; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 6148] Di⁴⁸⁹).