Lexical Definition

‎כִּכָּר‎ kikkâr (kik-kawr') Plain (of Jericho) ^H:N-F
from ‎כָּרַר‎

loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.

• a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan
• also a (round) loaf
• also a talent (or large [round] coin)

1) round
1a) a round district (environs of the Jordan valley)
1b) a round loaf (of bread)
1c) a round weight, talent (of gold, silver, bronze, iron)

See Greek: ἀγγεῖον · περίοικος · περίχωρος · τάλαντον

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: kik.ker (‎כ‎ִּ‎כ‎ֵּ‎ר‎ "talent" כִּכֵּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: כָּרַר
‎כִּכָּר‎ noun feminine^{Gen 13:10} Exod 29:32 a round : hence

1. a round district.

2. a round loaf.

3. a round weight, talent (Late Hebrew id.; loaf, weight, talent; Aramaic ‎כַּכְּרָא‎, talent; Tel Amarna gaggaru kaspu Wkl^{No. 35, Rev. 14} Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , of honey-comb Schw^{Idioticon 46}; on formative see Ba^{NB 204}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Gen 13:12 +; construct ‎כִּכַּר‎ 1Sam 2:36 +; dual ‎כִּכְּרַיִם כֶּסֶף‎ 1Kgs 16:24; 2Kgs 5:23, ‎כִּכָּרָ֑יִם‎ v2Kgs 5:23 plural ‎כִּכָּרִים‎ 1Chr 22:14 (twice in verse) + 7 t. chr; construct ‎כִּכְּרֵי‎ 2Kgs 5:5 + 2 t. Chronicles; ‎כִּכְּרוֺת‎ (loaves) Judg 8:5; 1Sam 10:3 —

1. the round (or oval) especially of the Jordan valley, ‎כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן‎ Gen 13:10; Gen 13:11; 1Kgs 7:46 = 2Chr 4:17 absolute ‎הַכִּכָּר‎ Gen 19:17; Gen 19:25; Deut 34:3; 2Sam 18:23 ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ הַכּ‎ Gen 19:28 ‎׳‎‎עָרֵי הַכּ‎ Gen 13:12; Gen 19:29, see GASm^{G 505} Buhl^{G. 112}; district of Jerusalem, ‎׳‎‎הַכּ‎ Neh 3:22; Neh 12:28.

2. loaf of bread (from round shape), ‎כִּכַּר לָ֑חֶם‎ 1Sam 2:36; , compare Exod 29:23; Jer 37:21; 1Chr 16:3 ‎כִּכְּרוֺת לֶחֶם‎ 1Sam 10:3; Judg 8:5.

3.
a. a weight (also from shape), ‎כִּכַּר עֹפֶרֶת‎ Zech 5:7 a weight of lead, serving as cover of an ephah.
b. a particularunit of weight, talent, usually of gold or silver: — ‎זָהָבּ‎‎׳‎‎כ‎ 2Sam 12:30; 2Kgs 9:14 + 18 t.; ‎כֶּסֶף‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Kgs 20:39; 2Kgs 5:5 + 21 t.; but also of iron, ‎בַּרְזֶל‎ 1Chr 29:7, and bronze ‎נְחשֶׁת‎ Exod 38:29; 1Chr 29:7. — The weight of the talent was 58.944 kilograms (= 129.97 lbs.) according to older (Babylonian) standard, later 49.11 king (= 108.29 lbs.) and less; see Benz^{Archaeology 187 ff.} 194 Now^{Archaeology i. 208 f.} — See also ‎שֶׁקֶל‎.

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