Lexical Definition

‎קָרַע‎ qâraʻ (kaw-rah') to tear ^H:V
a primitive root

cut out, rend, [idiom] surely, tear.

• to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)

1) to tear, tear in pieces
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to tear, rend
1a2) to tear away or out
1a3) to tear, rend asunder
1a3a) to make wide or large (of eyes)
1a3b) to rend open (of heavens)
1a4) to tear, rend (of wild beasts)
1b) (Niphal) to be rent, be split asunder

See Greek: ἐγχρίω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָרַע‎₆₃ verb tear (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic strike head, bell, etc., beat drum, box ear, gnash teeth (Frey Dozy); also impugn, censure); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 1Sam 15:28 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎זַיִּקְרַע‎ Gen 37:29 +; 1 singular suffix ‎אֶקְרָעֶנָּה‎ 1Kgs 11:12, etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎קִרְעוּ‎ 2Sam 3:31; Joel 2:13 Infinitive absolute ‎קָרֹעַ‎ 1Kgs 11:11 construct ‎לִקְרוֺעַ‎ Eccl 3:7, suffix ‎קָרְעִי‎ Ezra 9:5 Participle active ‎קֹרֵעַ‎ 1Kgs 11:31 passive ‎קָרוּעַ‎ 2Sam 15:32, etc.; — tear, rend:

1. a. usually (39 t.) of rending garment in (I) sign of grief, distress: ‎בֶּגֶד‎ (29 t.) Gen 37:29; Gen 37:34; Gen 44:13; 2Sam 13:19 +; ‎לִשְׁנַיִם קְרָעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 2Kgs 2:12, ‎׳‎‎לְבַבְכֶם וְאַל ב‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Joel 2:13 participle Pass. ‎׳‎‎בְּגָדָיו ק‎ 2Sam 1:2 construct ‎׳‎‎קְרֻעֵי ב‎ torn of garments (pers. with torn garments 2Sam 13:31 (but read ‎׳‎‎קָֽרְעוּ ב‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Th We and others), 2Kgs 18:37 = Isa 36:22; Jer 41:5 ‎מְעִיל‎ Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Ezra 9:3 (+ ‎בֶּנֶד‎), ‎כְּתֹנֶת‎ 2Sam 13:19, ‎קָרוּעַ כֻּתָּנְתּוֺ‎ 2Sam 15:32 (Ges^{«GKC:121d»§ 121d}); ‎שְׂמָתֹ‎ Gen 37:34; Gen 44:13; Josh 7:6 passive participle ‎מַדָּיו קְרֻעִים‎ 1Sam 4:12 (2) as symbolic act, ‎שַׂלְמָה שְׁנֵים עָשָׁר‎ ‎׳‎‎קְרָעִים ק‎ 1Kgs 11:30 (3) absolute ‎עֵת לִקְרוֺעַ וְעֵת לִתְפּוֺר‎ Eccl 3:7.
b. tear away or out: veils Ezek 13:21, fillets from (‎מֵעַל‎) arms vEzek 13:20, mark of leprosy out of (‎מִן‎) garment Lev 13:56.

2. tear away sovereignty (under figure of garment), subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎מֵעַל‎ person 1Sam 15:28; 1Kgs 11:11, also ‎מִיַּד‎ 1Sam 28:17; 1Kgs 11:12; 1Kgs 11:31, ‎מִן‎ 1Kgs 14:8, absolute 1Kgs 11:13 with accusative ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎ + ‎מֵעַל‎ 2Kgs 17:21.

3. tear, rend asunder:
a. book with (‎ב‎) knife Jer 36:23.
b. = make wide, large, eyes, with (‎ב‎) stibium Jer 4:30 windows, ‎לוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎וק‎ [‎ו‎]‎חַלּוֺנָ֑י‎ Jer 22:14.
c. rend open heavens, and descend of ‎׳‎‎י‎, Isa 63:19.

4. tear, rend, of wild beasts: ‎׳‎‎י‎ as fierce bear Hos 13:8 (object ‎סְגוֺר לִבָּם‎); figurative of human foes Ps 35:15 (accusative of person omitted), so Hup and others, but (from context) Ol Bae We and others malign, rail (compare Arabic above); > Gr and others ‎קָרְאוֺ‎. Niph`al be rent, of garment (‎מְעִיל‎), Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּקָּרַ֑ע‎ 1Sam 15:27, ‎יִקָּרֵעַ‎ Exod 28:32; Exod 39:23 be rent, split asunder, of altar 1Kgs 13:3; 1Kgs 13:5.

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