Lexicon
כָּרָה
ka.rah
H3741
H:N-F Hebrew

hollow

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ka.rah denotes hollows associated with shepherds’ pastureland on the seacoast.

The attested use denotes hollows within a coastal landscape assigned to shepherds and flocks.

Senses in use

  1. Hollows in coastal pastureland · dominant

    In Zephaniah 2:6, the construct feminine plural form occurs in the description of the sea coast becoming pastureland; the APB renders the setting as “pastures of hollows for shepherds and walls for the flock.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Zephaniah 2:6, the APB presents the clause as “pastures of hollows for shepherds”; The precise English correspondence remains limited to the clause’s landscape description.

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