Lexical Definition

‎כֶּרֶם‎ kerem (keh'-rem) vineyard ^H:N-M
from an unused root of uncertain meaning

vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also ‎בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם‎.

• a garden or vineyard

1) vineyard

See Greek: ἄμπελος · ἀμπελών · κτῆμα · χωρίον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כֶּרֶם‎₉₂ noun masculine^{Deut 28:30} (feminine^{Isa 27:2}) vineyard (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎כַּרְמָא‎ Zinjirli ‎כרם‎ DHM^Sendsch.58; Arabic , vine; Ethiopic vine; Jen^{ZA vii. (1892), 217} compare Assyrian Karânu, vine; — etymology dubious; Thes and others compare Arabic 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.

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