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Deuteronomy 28:39
“Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כֶּרֶםkerem · keh'-rem
H3754 · Hebrew
H3754 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a garden or vineyard
- Derivation
- from an unused root of uncertain meaning;
- KJV renderings
- vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also H1021 (בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם).
- Grammar
- כְּרָמִ֥ים — common noun, both genders, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 92 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:20Exodus 22:4Exodus 22:4Exodus 23:11Leviticus 19:10
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כֶּרֶם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.