Original Language Studio
Numbers 24:9
“He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כָּרַעkâraʻ · kaw-rah'
H3766 · Hebrew
H3766 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] very.
- Grammar
- כָּרַ֨ע — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 49:9Judges 5:27Judges 5:27Judges 5:27Judges 7:5
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 כָּרַע 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.