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כָּרַת 291 verb cut off, cut down (Late Hebrew 
id.; Assyrian 
karâtu, II. 
hew off Dl
HWB 357); — 
Qal Perfect כ׳ Genesis 15:18 + 
19 times; 
2nd person masculine singular כָּרָ֑תָּ Deuteronomy 20:20; 
1st person singular כָּרַתִּי Exodus 34:27 + 
15 times; + 
8 times Perfect; 
Imperfect יִכְרֹת Job 40:28 + 
21 times; 
2nd person masculine singular תִּכְרָתֿ Isaiah 57:8; 
1st person singular אֶכְרוֺת Isaiah 61:8; 
1 Samuel 11:2; 
אֶכְרְתָה Isaiah 55:3; 
3rd person masculine plural יִכְרֹ֑תוּ Hosea 12:2; 
Psalm 83:6; 1st person plural 
נִכְרְתָה Genesis 26:28; 
Genesis 31:44; suffix 
נִכְרְתֶנּוּ Jeremiah 11:19; + 
31 times Imperfect 
Imperative כְּרָתֿ 1 Samuel 11:1; 
כָּרְתָה 2 Samuel 3:12; + 
4 times Imperative; 
Infinitive absolute כָּרֹת Hosea 10:4; 
כָּרוֺת Nehemiah 9:8; 
construct כְּרֹת Jeremiah 34:8 + 
2 times; 
כְּרָתֿ Isaiah 44:14 + 
2 times; 
כְּרוֺת 2 Chronicles 2:7; 
2 Chronicles 29:10; suffix 
כָּרְתִי 1 Samuel 24:12; 
Participle active כֹּרֵת Exodus 34:10 + 
3 times; + 
3 times Participle active 
passive כָּרוּת Leviticus 22:24; construct 
כְּרוּת Deuteronomy 23:2; plural 
ת [
וֺ]
כְּרֻת [
H3773 1 Kings 7:12] + 
3 times; — 
    1. cut off :
    4. בְּרִית כ׳ cut, or make a covenant (because of the cutting up and distribution of the flesh of the victim for eating in the sacrifice of the covenants, see 
בְּרִית); 
הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כ׳ the calf which they cut Jeremiah 34:18 (referring to 
Genesis 15:10); 
עֲלֵיזֶֿבַח Psalm 50:5; absolute 
Genesis 21:27, 
32; 
Genesis 31:44 (E) 
1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Kings 5:26; 
Hosea 10:4; with 
אֶת with Genesis 15:18; 
Exodus 34:27; 
Deuteronomy 31:16 (J) 
Deuteronomy 5:3; Deuteronomy 28:69 (twice in verse); 
Deuteronomy 29:13; 
2 Samuel 3:12, 
13, 
21; 
2 Kings 17:15, 
35, 
38; 
Isaiah 28:15; 
Jeremiah 11:10; 
Jeremiah 31:31, 
32, 
33; 
Jeremiah 34:8, 
13; 
Ezekiel 17:13; 
Zechariah 11:10; 
Psalm 105:9 = 
1 Chronicles 16:16; with 
עִם Genesis 26:28 (J) 
Exodus 24:8 (E) 
Deuteronomy 4:23; 
Deuteronomy 5:2; 
Deuteronomy 9:9; 
Deuteronomy 29:11; 
Deuteronomy 29:24; 
1 Kings 8:21 2 Chronicles 6:11; 
23:3; 
Nehemiah 9:8; 
Hosea 2:20; 
Hosea 12:2; Job 40:28; 
בְּ׳ omitted 
1 Samuel 20:16; 
1 Samuel 22:8; 
1 Kings 8:9 2 Chronicles 5:10; with 
לְ Exodus 23:32; 
Exodus 34:12, 
15; 
Joshua 9:6, 
7, 
11, 
15, 
16; 
Joshua 24:25 (JE) 
Deuteronomy 7:2; 
Judges 2:2; 
1 Samuel 11:1; 
2 Samuel 5:3; 
1 Kings 20:34; 
2 Kings 11:4; 
1 Chronicles 11:3; 
2 Chronicles 21:7; 
29:10; 
Ezra 10:3; 
Isaiah 55:3; 
Isaiah 61:8; 
Jeremiah 32:40; 
Ezekiel 34:25; 
Ezekiel 37:26; 
Job 31:1; 
Psalm 89:4; 
בְּ׳ omitted 
1 Samuel 11:2; 
2 Chronicles 7:18; 
נֶגֶד Exodus 34:10 (J); 
לִפְנֵי 1 Samuel 23:18; 
2 Kings 23:3 2 Chronicles 34:31; 
Jeremiah 34:15, 
18; 
בֵּין וּבֵין 2 Kings 11:17; 
2 Chronicles 23:16; with 
עַל against, 
Psalm 83:6; 
אֲמָנָה is used for 
ברית Nehemiah 10:1; and 
דָּבָר Haggai 2:5.
 
Note. — 
וַתִּכְרָתלָֿךְ מֵהֶם Isaiah 57:8 is usually rendered as RV 
made for thee a covenant with them, with ellipsis of 
בּ׳ as above. But 
מִן is not used in such a construction. The clause is commonly regarded as corrupt by recent critics. Gr emends 
עִמָּהֶם for 
מֵהֶם, this is easiest and gives the usual construction; Du followed by Buhl, reads 
וַתִּכְרִי after 
Hosea 3:2. 
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִכְרַת Joel 1:5 + 
5 times; 
נִכְרָ֑ת Joel 1:16 + 
2 times; 
3rd person feminine singular נִכְרְתָה Genesis 17:14 + 
16 times; 
נִכְרָ֑תָה Psalm 37:38; 
2nd person masculine singular נִכְרַתָּ Obadiah 10; + 
8 times Perfect; 
Imperfect יִכָרֵת Genesis 9:11 + 
21 times; 
יִכָּֽרֶתֿ Obadiah 9; 
3rd person masculine plural יִכָּֽרְתוּ Zechariah 13:8; 
יִכָּרֵת֑וּן Joshua 3:13; 
Psalm 37:9; + 
9 times Imperfect; 
Infinitive הִכָּרֵת Numbers 15:31; 
Psalm 37:34. — 
    1. be cut off:
Pual Perfect כָּרַּת Ezekiel 16:4; 
3rd person feminine singular כֹּרָ֑תָה Judges 6:28; — 
Hiph. Perfect הִכְרִית 1 Samuel 28:9; 
1 Kings 11:16; 
3rd person feminine singular הִכְרִיתָה Leviticus 26:22; 
1st person singular הִכְרַתִּי Joshua 23:4 + 
32 times; + 
4 times Perfect; 
Imperfect יַכְרִית Deuteronomy 12:29 + 
2 times; jussive 
יַכְרֵת Psalm 12:4 + 
4 times; 
1st person singular וָֽֽֽאַכְרִ֫תָה 2 Samuel 7:9; 
1st person plural suffix 
וְנַכְרִיתֶנָּה Jeremiah 48:2; + 
9 times Imperfect; 
Infinitive הַכְרִית Jeremiah 44:8 + 
15 times; 
הַכְרִת 1 Samuel 20:15; + suffix + 
2 times — 
    2. cut off, destroy the life of:
    c. of men, by God with accucusative. 
(הַ)גּוֺיִם Deuteronomy 19:1; 
Joshua 23:4 (D) 
Zephaniah 3:6; various persons and things 
Isaiah 48:9; 
Jeremiah 44:11; 
Jeremiah 51:62; 
Ezekiel 25:16; 
Ezekiel 30:15; 
Zechariah 9:6; with accusative and 
מִן Ezekiel 25:7; 
Amos 1:5, 
8; 
Amos 2:3; 
מֵאֶרֶץ Nahum 2:14; 
Psalm 34:17 = 
Psalm 109:15; 
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 9:13; 
מִיַּד Micah 5:11; 
מִפָּנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 12:29; 
2 Samuel 7:9 = 
1 Chronicles 17:8; 
פְּנֵי מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה 1 Samuel 20:15; 
1 Kings 9:7; 
Zephaniah 1:3; 
מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֺ Leviticus 17:10; 
Leviticus 20:3, 
5, 
6 (H); 
מִתּוֺךְ עַמִּי Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel says also 
מִן הכ׳ וּבְהֵמָה אָדָס ֗֗֗ Ezekiel 14:13, 
17, 
19, 
21; 
Ezekiel 25:13; 
Ezekiel 29:8; 
צדיק ורשׁע Ezekiel 21:8; 
Ezekiel 21:9; 
עבר ושׁב Ezekiel 35:7; with accusative and 
לְ cutt off, to, or from Isaiah 14:22; 
Jeremiah 44:7, 
8; 
Jeremiah 47:4; 
מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר לְ׳ כ׳ 1 Kings 14:10; 
1 Kings 21:21; 
2 Kings 9:8; 
מעם מזבח ל׳ כ׳ 1 Samuel 2:33; 
לָאִישׁ מֵאָֽהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב יַכְרֵת י׳ Malachi 2:12 may Yahweh cut off to the man — from the tents of Jacob.
 
    5. permit to perish, 
מֵהַבְּהֵמָה (some) 
of the cattle 1 Kings 18:5.
 
Hoph. Perfect הָכְרַת מִנְחָה וָנֶסֶךְ מִבֵּית י׳ Joel 1:9.
														
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