Original: כָּרַת

Transliteration: kârath

Phonetic: kaw-rath'

Short Definition: Be chewed

Original: כּרת

Transliteration: kârath

Phonetic: kaw-rath'

BDB Definition:

1. to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant
   1. (Qal)
      1. to cut off
         1. to cut off a body part, behead
      2. to cut down
      3. to hew
      4. to cut or make a covenant
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to be cut off
      2. to be cut down
      3. to be chewed
      4. to be cut off, fail
   3. (Pual)
      1. to be cut off
      2. to be cut down
   4. (Hiphil)
      1. to cut off
      2. to cut off, destroy
      3. to cut down, destroy
      4. to take away
      5. to permit to perish
   5. (Hophal) cut off

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1048

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H3747, H3748, H3773, H3774, H3777, H3778