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Proverbs 6:13
“He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָרַץqârats · kaw-rats'
H7169 · Hebrew
H7169 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- form, move, wink.
- Grammar
- קֹרֵ֣ץ — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 33:6Psalms 35:19Proverbs 10:10Proverbs 16:30
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 קָרַץ 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.