Lexicon
קָרַס
qa.ras
H7164
H:V Hebrew

to stoop

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Hebrew
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qa.ras describes stooping or bowing down in the paired scene of Isaiah 46:1 and Isaiah 46:2.

The attested use depicts persons or figures stooping or bowing down: Isaiah 46:1 presents a singular participial form in the scene of Bel and Nebo, and Isaiah 46:2 uses a plural perfect form for those who stoop together under a burden.

Senses in use

  1. Stooping or bowing down · dominant

    In Isaiah 46:1, the masculine singular active participle occurs in the clause about Bel and Nebo; the APB renders the verse, "Bel bows; Nebo stoops." In Isaiah 46:2, the plural perfect form describes those who stoop together and cannot escape the burden; the APB renders, "They stoop; they bow together."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the scene with both "bows" and "stoops" in Isaiah 46:1, and with "stoop" and "bow together" in Isaiah 46:2. These paired English expressions confirm the verse-level action without isolating each English word to the lemma.

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