Original Language Studio
Genesis 37:34
“And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָרַעqâraʻ · kaw-rah'
H7167 · Hebrew
H7167 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cut out, rend, [idiom] surely, tear.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּקְרַ֤ע — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 63 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:29Genesis 44:13Exodus 28:32Exodus 39:23Leviticus 13:56
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 קָרַע 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.