Lexicon
קָרַר
qa.rar
H6979B
H:V Hebrew

to cool

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qa.rar describes cooling in the comparison of a cistern and the distress she has cooled.

The attested use describes cooling within Jeremiah 6:7, where a cistern’s water provides the comparison for what she has cooled.

Senses in use

  1. Cooling in a cistern comparison · dominant

    In Jeremiah 6:7, the Hiphil infinitive construct forms occur in a comparison: a cistern cools with its water, and she has cooled her distress. The APB renders the clause, “As one cools a cistern with its water, so she has cooled her distress.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 6:7, the APB presents the comparison with “cools” and “has cooled.” Its wording only confirms the clause’s overall presentation.

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