כרע

Hebrew
Root
כ־ר־ע‎

Pronunciation

Verb

כָּרַע • (karáʿ) (pa'al construction)

  1. to kneel
  2. to bow down, to squat
    • 1925, Rachel the Poetess, An Encounter, Half an Encouter
      ‏וְעַל בִּרְכַּי אֶכְרַע עַל שְׂפַת אֲגַם סוֹאֵן \ לִשְׁתּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ לִרְוָיָה!‎‎
      And on my knees I'll bow on the edge of a tumultuous lake / to drink from it to satisfy my thirst!
  3. to collapse
    • 1947, Matityahou Shelem, An Oat in the Field 1–3
      ‏שִׁבֹּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה / כּוֹרְעָה בָּרוּחַ / מֵעֹמֶס גַּרְעִינִים כִּי רַב.‎‎[1]
      shibólet basadé / kor'á barúach / meomés gar'iním kí ráv
      An oat in the field / collapses in the wind / from the load of many seeds.

Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּרַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לכרוע \ לִכְרֹעַ‎
  • action noun: כְּרִיעָה‎
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כָּרַעְתִּי‎כָּרַעְנוּ‎
second כָּרַעְתָּ‎כָּרַעְתְּ‎כְּרַעְתֶּם‎1כְּרַעְתֶּן‎1
third כָּרַעכָּרְעָה‎כָּרְעוּ‎
present כּוֹרֵעַ‎כּוֹרַעַת‎כּוֹרְעִים‎כּוֹרְעוֹת‎
future first אֶכְרַע‎נִכְרַע‎
second תִּכְרַע‎תִּכְרְעִי‎תִּכְרְעוּ‎תִּכְרַעְנָה‎2
third יִכְרַע‎תִּכְרַע‎יִכְרְעוּ‎תִּכְרַעְנָה‎2
imperative כְּרַעכִּרְעִי‎כִּרְעוּ‎כְּרַעְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּרַעְתֶּם‎ and כָּרַעְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

References
  1. שיבולת בשדה at Zemereshet

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