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krk (a/u) vb. to go around, wrap around
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto go around3 senses▶
1
to go around
Syr
IshDeut 129:1↗ ܪܚܝܐ܃ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܩܒܝܥ܂ ܪܟܒܐ܃ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܥܠܘܗܝ ܡܬܟܪܟ‏ : the mill is the fixed one, the upper millstone is the one that moves around on top of it
(1)
to surround
Syr, JBAmb
EphPar 1:9.6↗ ܟܠܝܠܐ ܕܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܟܪܟ ܠܒܪ̈ܝܬܐ‏ : the crown of Paradise that surrounds the created things ; P 2S22:6↗ ܚ̈ܒܠܐ ܕܫܝܘܠ ܟܪܟܘܢܝ‏ : [=MT חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֹל סַבֻּנִי]
(1)
with a city wall
JLAtg
TgJ Jer51:53↗ אֲרֵי תִבנֵי בָבַל בִניָנִין דְרַמִין עַד צֵית שְמַיָא וַאֲרֵי תִכרוֹך כַרכִין תַקִיפִין‏ : should Babylon build buildings as high as heaven and make strongly walled cities
(2)
to go all around, all over
Syr
WisSol14:16↗ ܟܪܟ ܪܘܫܥܐ ܘܐܬܚܝܠ ܡܣܬ ܙܒܢܐ‏ : Evil went all around and grew strong over time
(2)
p.p. : circular
Syr
EphPar 1:8.5↗ ܕܗܟܢ ܟܪܝܟ ܐܦ ܗ݂ܘ ܘܝܡܐ ܐܦ ܝܒܫܐ ܚܒܝܫܝܢ ܠܓܘ ܡܢܗ‏ : thus it is so circular that the sea and the dry land are encompassed by it
(3)
to spin around
Syr, JBA, Man
LSt.94:9↗ ܐܪܒܥܐ ܣܪ̈ܢܐ ܟܪ̈ܟܝܢ ܒܒܝܬܗ‏ : four spindles are spinning in his house ; BT Šab 129a(50)↗ לא ליתיב היכא דכריך זיקא‏ : he should not sit where the whirlwind is whirling around
(4)
to turn back
Man
2
to wrap around
Gal, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
P 1K(1)19:13↗ ܟܪܟ ‍<‍ܐܢ̈ܝܢ‍>‍ ܐ̈ܦܘܗܝ ܒܡܥܦܪܗ‏ ; P Prov6:21↗ ܘܟܪܘܟ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܨܘܪܟ‏ ; BT Yom 78b(10)↗ רבה בר רב הונא כריך סודריה אכרעיה‏ : PN used to wrap his scarf around his feet (on the Day of Atonement) and go out ; BT Ḥul 58b(6)↗ דהוה סחי וסליק וכריך בסדיניה‏ : he used to wash himself (in the water), go up, and wrap himself in his s'-cloth ; TgProv6:21↗ קטורינון בליבך תדירא וכרוכינון על צוארך‏
(1)
to wrap up
Syr, JBA, Man
ThMarg 1:357:20 ܢܸܚܬܲܬ̤ ܥܢܲܕܬܹܗ ܘܲܟܪܲܟ݂ܬܹH܃ ܟܕ ܠܒܝ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܗܲܝܡܵܢܘ݂ܬ݂ܵܗ݀‏ : she went down and prepared (his dead body) and swathed him, motivated by her faith ; BT BQ 20b(2)↗ שקל סודריה כרך ליה‏ : he took his scarf (and) folded it up ; BT Bek 8b(37)↗ כרוכו לי גרד̇י̇ מינה ואיחייטה‏ : wrap me up some fabrics (read גדדי?) from it so I may sew it together ; Shapta D-Qashtina 207↗ kruk ušqul ˁzlak mn šuqia : roll up and remove your net from the market-streets
(1)
to roll up
JBA
BT Sot 41a(18)↗ וליכרכיה לספר תורה וליקרי‏ : let him roll the Torah scroll (to the Pentateuchal reading) and recite (it)
(2)
fig.: to combine
JBA
BT Men 87a(9)↗ כרוך ותני‏ : combine and learn (the two passages together)
(2)
to put on, clothes while wrapping around
Syr
IIMac14:21↗ ܠܚܕ ܚܕ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܟܪܟܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗ ܠܒܫ̈ܐ ܟܕ ܡܙܝܢܝܢ‏ : they clothed each of them while being girded
(3)
to embrace
JBA
BT AZ 18b(11)↗ זונה כרכתיה‏ : a harlot embraced him
3
+ ריפתא to eat a meal
JBA, LJLA
BT BM 86a(48)↗ אתרא דנהיגי למכרך ריפתא ומישתא אנפקא‏ : where they are used to eat ash-baked bread and drink anpag wine ; PJ Deut32:50↗ ובעו שושביני למכרך ריפתא‏ : my best men wanted to break bread
(1)
alone
JBA
BT BM 107b(30)↗ שתין רהוטי רהוט ולא מט^יוה^ לגברא דמצפרא כרך‏ : sixty runners ran and could not overtake a man who ate a meal in the morning
Dpaˁˁelto wrap around3 senses▶
1
to wrap around
JLAtg, Gal, Syr, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam21:10↗ חַרבָא דְגָליָת פְלִשתָאָה דִקטַלתָא בְמֵישַר בֻטמָא הָא הִיא מְכָרְכָא בְשוֹשִפָא‏ : the sword of Goliath whom you killed in the plain of the oak is here wrapped in a scarf ; BR 300:6(1)↗ חד מסכן מכרך בחדא מחצלת‏ : a poor man wrapped in a mat ; P Ez16:4↗ ܒܥܙܪ̈ܘܪܐ ܠܐ ܟܪܟܬܟܝ‏ ; TgEsth2 4:1(18)↗ ספרא דאוריתא כד מכרך בשקא ומפלפל בקטמ׳‏ : the Torah book wrapped in sackcloth and sprinkled with ashes
(1)
to wrap up
Syr
2
to read extensive verses
JBA
3
to lead around
Syr
Syn 145:14 ܠܐ ܫܠܝܛ ܕܢܟܪܟ ܥܡܗ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܐܘ ܢܥܡܪ ܥܡܗ݀ ܒܕܝܪܐ‏ : he is not allowed to lead a woman around or live with her in the monastery
Cˀafˁelto make something to go around4 senses▶
1
to make something to go around
Syr
P 1K(1)18:32↗ ܘܥܒܕ ܚܐܪܝܬܐ ܂܂܂ ܘܐܟܪܟܗ ܠܡܕܒܚܐ‏ : he made a ditch ... and made it surround the altar
(1)
by command
Syr
P Gn3:24↗ ܘܐܟܪܟ ܡܢ ܡܕܢܚ ܠܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ܂ ܟܪܘܒܐ ܘܫܢܢܐ ܕܚܪܒܐ ܕܡܬܗܦܟܐ‏ : he made the cherub and the blade of the rotating sword surround the Garden of Eden eastward (cf. LXX for the double interpretation of the corrupt MT passage)
(2)
by leading
Syr
ICor9:5↗ ܘܲܠܡܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܫܲܠܼܝܛ ܠܲܢ ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܐܲܢܼܬ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ ܠܡܲܟ݂ܪܵܟ݂ܘ݂ ܥܲܡܲܢ‏ : why should why not be allowed to lead around sister or wife with us ; IshExod 26:20↗ ܐܟܪܟ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܗ݀ܝ ܟܠܗ݀ ܐܘܪܚܐ‏ : he led them around that whole way
(3)
by carrying
Syr
(4)
to swing something
Syr
P 1S17:49↗ ܐܟܪܟ ܘܡܚܝܗܝ ܠܦܠܫܬܝܐ‏ : he swung it around and struck the Philistine
2
to clamp shut
Syr
KwD<sup>2</sup> 18(10) ܘܐܟܪܟ ܪ̈ܓܠܘܗܝ ܩܕܡ̈ܝܬܐ ܘܠܒܟܗ ܒܩܕܠܗ‏ : (the crab) clamped shut its front legs and grabbed him by the neck
(1)
ܒܲܙܘܵܪܵܐ : fist
Syr
JohEphLES [24]:1↗ ܘܐܟܪܟ ܒܙܘܪܐ ܟܡܐ ܕܐܬ݂ܡܨܝ ܒܚܡܬܐ ܥܙܝܙܬܐ‏ : he clenched his fist as tightly as he was able in great anger
3
to turn, curve
Syr
4
to wrap
JLAtg, Syr, Man
TgJ 1K20:38var.↗ text not cited : † ; Med 175:23 ܣܒ ܥܲܡܪܐ ܘܐܲܟ݂ܪܸܟ ܥܲܠ ܚܸܛܬܹܗ ܕܡܲܟܚܵܠܐ‏ : take wool and wrap it around the tip of the kohl-tool ; EphFid 2:4.1↗ ܠܐܝܢܐ ܕܐܟܪܟ ܬܘܒ ܫܘܪܐ ܕܫܬܩܐ ܠܡܫܡܥܬܗ‏ : the one who wrapped his ear around again with a wall of silence
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto go around an area3 senses▶
1
to go around an area
Syr
StSyr4 13(8) ܛܪܝܩܠܢܝܐ܂ ܗܢܘ ܕܝܢ ܕܒܝܬܐ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܙܡܝܢܘܬܐ ܚܕ ܕܥܒܕܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܗ܂ ܗܝ ܕܐܝܟ ܕܠܡܐܡܪ ܟܕ ܨܝܡ ܠܥܠ ܘܠܬܚܬ ܢܗܘܐ ܡܬܟܪܟ‏ : a triclinium, that is to say that one place for dining-guests that is constructed in such a way, so to say, that the hungry person can go round both up and down ; JulSok 397(195):2↗ ܘܡܬܟܪܟܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܦܩܕܝܢ ܠܗ ܒܟܠ ܓ̈ܒܝܢ‏ ; P Num11:8↗ ܘܡܬܟܪܟܝܢ ܥܡܐ ܘܠܩ݁ܛܝܢ ܠܗ‏ ; P Je5:1↗ ܐܬܟ݂ܪܟܘ ܒܫ̈ܘܩܝܗ݀ ܕܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܘܚܙܘ݂‏ : go round the streets of Jerusalem and look
(1)
to be led around
Syr
ENchr1<sup>2</sup> 203 text not cited
(1)
to be carried around in procession
Syr
Bhchr 138:11↗ ܐܬܩܒܥ ܪܹܫܹܗ ܒܪܘܡܚܐ܃ ܘܐܸܬ݂ܟܪܸܟ݂ ܒܒܓܕܐܕ‏ : his head was stuck onto a lance and carried around Baghdad
(2)
to surround
Syr
apap 123:1 ܘܢܚܬܬ ܗܘܬ ܥܢܢܐ ܕܢܘܪܐ ܘܐܬܟܪܟܬ ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܫܘܪܐ‏ : a cloud of fire came down and surrounded the city like a wall ; P Gn19:4[↗ ܐܬܟܪ̈ܟܘܗܝ ܠܒܝܬܐ‏
(3)
to whirl around and around
Syr
P Is23:16↗ ܣܒܝ ܟܢܪܐ ܘܐܬܟܪܟܝ‏ : pick up your lyre and spin around ; IshEz 49(7)↗ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܓܝܓܠܐ ܒܓܘ ܓܝܓܠܐ܃ ܐܝܟ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܦܫܝܩ ܠܗܝܢ ܠܡܬܟܪܟܘ ܒܝܕ ܪܘܟܒܝܗܝܢ‏ : that there was a wheel within a wheel, so that it would be easy for them to spin around by riding them
(4)
to be circulated
Syr
DM 194:11 ܟܬܒܐ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܕܘܝܐܝܬ ܗܫܐ ܡܢ ܐܢ̈ܫܝܢ ܡܬܟܪܟ‏ : that document that is now being wretchedly circulated by people
(5)
to complete a planetary orbit
Syr
JEhCh 161b:15 ܐܫܟܚܘ̈ ܕܠܬܠܬܝܢ ܫ̈ܢܝܢ ܠܩܘ݂ܪܒܐ ܡ݂ܬܟܪܟ ܟܘܟܒܐ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܡܫܬ݁ܡܗ ܟܐܘܢ‏ : they discovered that the planet named Saturn completes its cycle in about thirty years
2
to be wrapped up, rolled up
Syr, JBA
P Is34:4↗ ܘܢܬܟܪܟܘܢ ܫܡܝܐ ܐܝܟ ܡܓܠܬܐ‏ : the Heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll ; ActsThom 324:14↗ ܘܕܐܬܟ݂ܪܟܬ ܒܚܝܨܐ ܡܛܠܬܢ݂‏
(1)
to attach one's self
JBA
3
to delay, linger
Syr
AnonAb.234.23↗ ܡܣܬܒܪܐ ܗܘܬ ܕܐܠܘ ܐܬܟܪܟ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܐܦܢ ܩܠܝܠ ܥܕܢܐ‏ : it would have been thought that had Abraham delayed only a little time ; P Ex12:39↗ ܘܠܐ ܐܫܟܚܘ ܠܡܬ݁ܟܪܟܘ‏ ; P Ju19:8↗ ܘܐܬܟܪܟ ܥܕ ܨܠܐ ܝܘܡܐ‏
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto go round about3 senses▶
1
to go round about
Syr, Man
P Num11:8↗ ܡܬܟܪܟܝܢ ܥܡܐ ܘܠܩ݁ܛܝܢ ܠܗ܂ ܘܛܚ݁ܢܝܢ ܠܗ ܒܪܚܝܐ܂ ܐܘ ܕܩ݁ܝܢ ܠܗ ܒܡܕܟܬܐ܂ ܘܡܒܫܠܝܢ ܠܗ ܒܩܕܪܐ‏
(1)
to surround
Syr, Man
BalJos ↗ ܐܬܐ ܚܠܡ̈ܐ ܘܸܐܬܟܲܪܟܘܐܗܝ܂ ܩܪܒܘ ܚܙܘܢ̈ܐ ܘܐܙܝܥܘܗܝ‏ : dreams came and whirled around him, visions drew near and frightened him
2
to be bound up
Syr
3
to be surrounded
CPA, JBAmb
JBAmb2 12:13↗ וכריכנא̊ יתכי כמא ד[י]כרך כרכין תקיפין‏ : I wrap you up as walled cities are surrounded
(1)
ܥܡ : to be involved with
CPA
Hom1 5.1:9↗ ܩܝܓܪ ܡܬܦ̈ܠܚܝܢ ܨܕܝܩ̈ܝܐ ܒܥܠܡܐ ܘܠܐ ܡܬܟܪ̈ܟܝܢ ܒܡܩܡܬܗ ܕܥܠܡܐ‏ : for the righteous function in the world but do not become involved in worldly matters
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For another possible example of the T stem see s.v. krb #2 vb.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 652[345]DJPA: 269bDJBA: 601bJastrow: 668Drower/Macuch: 223aJ. Payne-Smith: 226fLevy Ch-W: 1:386Tal Sam: 410Audo: 1:483DCPA[Schulthess]: 185[97]

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