כרם

Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܟܪܡ

Verb

כָּרַם • (kāram)

  1. to prune

Noun

כְּרָם • (krām) m

  1. absolute state of כַּרְמָא (karmā)

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ר־ם (k-r-m)
1 term

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎋𐎗𐎎 (krm, “vineyard”), Aramaic כַּרְמָא (karmā, “vineyard”), Arabic كَرْم (karm, “vines”), Akkadian 𒃾 (karānum, “wine, vine, grapes”), and – possibly the source – Egyptian kꜣm, see there.

Pronunciation

  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /karm/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈkɛrɛm/, [ˈkʰɛːʀɛm]
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈkeʁem/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

כֶּרֶם • (kérem) m (plural indefinite כְּרָמִים, singular construct כֶּרֶם־, plural construct כַּרְמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. vineyard
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 20:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּמִי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־נָטַע כֶּרֶם וְלֹא חִלְּלוֹ יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְאִישׁ אַחֵר יְחַלְּלֶנּוּ׃
      And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? Let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof.

Declension

Declension of כֶּרֶם
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite כֶּרֶם first כַּרְמִי כַּרְמֵנוּ
definite הַכֶּרֶם second כַּרְמְךָ כַּרְמֵךְ כַּרְמְכֶם כַּרְמְכֶן
construct כֶּרֶם־ third כַּרְמוֹ כַּרְמָהּ כַּרְמָם כַּרְמָן
plural indefinite כְּרָמִים first כרמיי / כְּרָמַי כְּרָמֵינוּ
definite הַכְּרָמִים second כְּרָמֶיךָ כרמייך / כְּרָמַיִךְ כַּרְמֵיכֶם כַּרְמֵיכֶן
construct כַּרְמֵי־ third כְּרָמָיו כְּרָמֶיהָ כַּרְמֵיהֶם כַּרְמֵיהֶן

Derived terms

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