STRONGS NUMBER H3754

H3754. kerem

כֶּרֶם‎₉₂ noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 28:30} (feminine^{Isaiah 27:2}) vineyard (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּרְמָא‎ Zinjirli כרם‎ DHM^Sendsch.58; Arabic , vine; Ethiopic vine; Jen^{ZA vii. (1892), 217} compare Assyrian Karânu, vine; — etymology dubious; Thes and others compare Arabic noble, Generous, fertile, but precarious); — absolute ׳כ‎ Exodus 22:4 +, כָּ֑רֶם‎ Genesis 9:20 +; construct כֶּרֶם‎ 1 Kings 21:7 +; suffix כַּרְמִי‎ Isaiah 5:3 +, כַּרְמְךָ‎ Exodus 23:11 +, etc.; plural כְּרָמִים‎ Joshua 24:13 +; construct כַּרְמֵי‎ Amos 5:1-2t.; suffix כְּרָמֵנוּ‎ Nehemiah 5:3 3t.; כַרְמֵיכֶם‎ Amos 4:9 2t., etc., — vineyard Genesis 9:20 (J), 1 Kings 21:1 9t. 1 Kings 21; Song of Solomon 2:15 (twice in verse) +; so even Judges 15:5 (where read ׳כָ וזית‎ compare GFM, who however doubts Genuineness); + זַּיִת‎ Exodus 23:11 (E) and often (V. זית‎); + שָׂדֶה‎ 22:4; 22:5 (E), and often; figurative of Israel under ׳י‎s. care Isaiah 5:1ff., compare 3:14; Jeremiah 12:10; figurative of Shulamite's complexion Song of Solomon 1:6, of her heart 8:12. — Vbs. governing ׳כ‎ are: — נָטַע‎ Genesis 9:20; Amos 5:11 16t., compare כ ׳מַטָּעֵי‎ Micah 1:6; זָרַע‎ Deuteronomy 22:9 (c. 2 accusative); חִלֵּל‎ = begin to use fruit of, 20:6 (twice in verse); 28:30; Jeremiah 31:5; זָמַר‎ prune, Leviticus 25:3-4, בָּצַר‎ gather, harvest (literally cut off, i.e. grapes, 25:5, 11), Deuteronomy 24:21; Judges 9:27, compare לִקֵּשׁ‎ Job 24:6; עוֺלֵל‎ glean, Leviticus 19:10; Deuteronomy 24:21; אָכַל‎ Joshua 24:13 (usually 'eat fruit of' Isaiah 65:21, etc.); locusts devour Amos 4:9 (si vera lectio) On

proper name, of a location כְּרָמִים אָבֵל‎ see II. אָבֵל‎

4; הַכֶּרֶם בֵּית‎.