Lexical Definition

‎כָּרָע‎ kârâʻ (kaw-raw') leg ^H:N-F
from ‎כָּרַע‎

leg.

• the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual)

1) leg

See Greek: πούς · σκέλος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כֶּ֫רַע‎] noun [feminine] leg, (Late Hebrew ‎כֶּרַע‎, Aramaic ‎כַּרְעָא‎, — only dual feminine ‎כְּרָעַיִם‎ Lev 11:21 + 3 t.; ‎כְּרָעָ֑יִם‎ Lev 9:14 sf ‎כְּרָעָיו‎ Exod 12:9 + 3 t.; — two (bending) legs, of animals in ritual phrase of P, ‎ראֹשׁוֺ עַלכְּֿרָעָיו‎ Exod 12:9 his head with his legs, Lev 4:11 ‎(ה)קרב(ו) ו(ה)כרע (יוׅ‎ (his) inwards and (his) legs Exod 29:17; Lev 1:9; Lev 1:13; Lev 8:21; Lev 9:14; Amos 3:12 (of legs of lamb in mouth of lion); of the long bending hinder legs of the Saltatorial Orthoptera (see Tristr^{Nat. Hist. Bib. 309}; Dr^{Joel 84}) Lev 11:21 ‎אשׁר לוֺ כְרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו לְנַתֵּר בָּהֵן עַל הָאָרֶץ‎ which have bending legs above their feet, etc.

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