כרוב

Hebrew edit

Pronunciation edit

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kəˈruːβ/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kˈʁuv/ /kˈʀuv/ invalid IPA characters (//)
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈruːb/ /kaˈruːβ/ invalid IPA characters (//)

Etymology 1 edit

Root
כ־ר־ב (k-r-b)

From Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).

Noun edit

כְּרוּב • (kruv) m (plural indefinite כְּרוּבִים, singular construct כְּרוּב־)

cabbage

Derived terms edit

כְּרוּבִית (kruvít)

References edit

“כרוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading edit

כרוב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2 edit

From a Proto-Semitic source akin to Akkadian 𒅗𒊒𒁍 (“to bless”), 𒅗𒊑𒁍 (“one who blesses”).

Noun edit

כְּרוּב • (kruv) m (plural indefinite כְּרוּבִים)

cherub, griffin

Descendants edit

→ Arabic: كَرُوبِيّ (karūbiyy)
→ Amharic: ኪሩብ (kirub)
→ Ancient Greek: χερούβ (kheroúb)
- → Old Church Slavonic: херовимъ (xerovimŭ)
- → Latin: cherub
  - → Catalan: querubí
  - → Dutch: cherub
  - → German: Cherub
  - → English: cherub
  - → French: chérubin
  - → Galician: querubín
  - → Italian: cherubino
  - → Polish: cherub
  - → Portuguese: querubim
  - → Spanish: querubín
- → Old East Slavic: хероувимъ (xeruvimŭ)
  - Russian: херувим (xeruvim)
→ Classical Syriac: ܟܪܘܒܐ

References edit

H3742 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams edit

ברוך

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