Lexical Definition

‎כַּרְמֶל‎ karmel (kar-mel') plantation ^H:N-M
from ‎כֶּרֶם‎

full (green) ears (of corn), fruitful field (place), plentiful (field).

• a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park)
• by implication, garden produce

1) plantation, garden-land, orchard, fruit orchard
2) fruit, garden-growth (meton)

See Greek: ἀμπελών

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎כַּרְמֶל‎ noun masculine^{Isa 29:17}

1. plantation, garden-land.

2. fruit, garden-growth (‎ל‎ + ‎כֶּרֶם‎, compare Ges^{«GKC:85»§ 85}, 52 Sta^{§ 299}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 16:10 + 12 t.; suffix ‎כַּדְמִלּוֺ‎ Isa 10:18 + 2 t.; —

1. garden-land, Isa 16:10 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎( כְּרָמִים‎, Isa 10:18 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(יַעַר‎, Isa 29:17 (twice in verse) (opposed to ‎לְבָנוֺן‎ ‎יַעַר‎), Isa 32:15 (twice in verse) (opposed to ‎מִדְבָּר‎ ‎יַעַר‎), vIsa 32:16; Jer 4:26 (opposed to ‎מִדְבָּר‎), Jer 48:33; 2Chr 26:10 (opposed to ‎הֶהָרִים‎); ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ הַכּ‎ Jer 2:7 the country of garden-land, i.e. fertile; ‎יַעַָר כַּרְמִלּוֺ‎ 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24, the garden-like forest of it (namely of Lebanon). On Mic 7:14 see II. ‎כַּרְמֶל‎.

2. by metonymy (fresh) fruit, garden growth, 2Kgs 4:42 (+ ‎לֶחֶם שְׂעוֺרִים‎ Lev 2:14 (+ ‎קָוָּי בָּאֵשׁאָבִיב‎ and ‎גֶּרֶשׂ‎, q. v.); ‎׳‎‎לֶחֶם וְקָלִי וכ‎ Lev 23:14.

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