Lexical Definition

‎קָרַץ‎ qârats (kaw-rats') to wink ^H:V
a primitive root

form, move, wink.

• to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)

1) to narrow, form, nip, pinch, squeeze, wink, purse
1a) (Qal) to pinch
1b) (Pual) to be nipped or pinched off, be formed

See Greek: διανεύω · ἐννεύω · ὁρίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָרַץ‎] verb nip, pinch (Late Hebrew ‎קָרַץ‎ cut dough, compress lips, ‎קֶרֶץ‎ piece of bread; Assyrian Karâƒu, nip off, gnaw, Arabic pinch; Ethiopic incise; Syriac nail [see also Biblical Aramaic]; compare Frä^{35 f.}); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִקְרְצועַֿיִן‎ Ps 35:19 let them not pinch the eye, i.e. wink maliciously, so Participle active ‎׳‎‎קֹרֵץ צ‎ Prov 10:10, ‎בְּעֵינוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Prov 6:13 also ‎שְׂפָתָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Prov 16:30 pinching his lips (i.e. compressing, as in Late Hebrew, or biting, gnawing, compare Assyrian). Pu`al Perfect 1 singular ‎מֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי‎ Job 33:6 from clay I was nipped off (compare Assyrian ‰i‰a i‡tariƒ, he nipped off clay, to form Eabani).

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