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krk, krkˀ (kreḵ, karkā) n.m.(f.) walled city; enclosure
1
walled city
Common (except: OA, BA)
TgJ Jud4:13↗ מִתְקוֹף כַרכֵי עַמְמַיָא‏ : from the strongest citadel cities of the gentiles ; TN Num34:15↗ כרך מלכיהון דאמוריי‏ : the city of the kings of the Amorites ; FTV Gen15:1↗ בכרכיהון ובמדינתהון‏ : in their fortresses and cities ; Addai.28.20↗ ܟܪܟܐ ܕܥܡܪܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܒܗ‏ ; P Lk19:17↗ ܥܸܣܪܵܐ ܟ݁ܲܪ̈ܟ݂ܼܝܢ‏ ; BT Tan 22a(10)↗ דקא מגנא זכותך אכוליה כרכא‏ : your merit protects the entire city ; Pognon 27 1:3↗ ḏšaba krkia udtmania mahuzia : of seven cities and eight towns ; TgEsth2 1:2(205)↗ מדינתא חדא בארע מדינחא כרכא דקיטור שמה‏ : a certain city in the east called Qatar
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city wall, fortification
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Na3:14↗ תַקִיפִי כַרכַך‏ : [MT חַזְּקִי מִבְצָרָיִךְ] ; TgJob39:28↗ כיפה ישרי ויבית על כרך טינר ומצדתא‏ : he lodges on a rocky wall and fortresses
2
enclosed area
Nabatean, JBA
NabTomb 1:1↗ dnh kprˀ wbssˀ wkrkˀ dy ˁbd ḥwšbw br npyw : this is the tomb, pedestal, and enclosed area that PN made ; NabTomb 39:2↗ bty mqbryn ˁbydt gwḥyn wkrkˀ dy qdmyhm : niche-construction burial places and the enclosure in front of them
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On meaning 2 see Healey, Mada'in Salih, p. 70 and DJBA s.v. note.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 654[345]DJPA: 269bDJBA: 602aJastrow: 669Payne-Smith: 1827J. Payne-Smith: 227Levy Ch-W: 1:387Tal Sam: 410DNWSI: 535DISO: 127

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