Hebrew

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Root
כ־ר־ך (k-r-k)

Etymology

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Derived from Demotic grg. Compare Coptic ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ (cercē).

Noun

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כְּרַךְ (k'rákhm (plural indefinite כְּרַכִּים, singular construct כְּרַךְ־, plural construct כְּרַכֵּי־)

  1. large city, metropolis
  2. metropolitan area

Synonyms

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Noun

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כֶּרֶךְ (kérekhm

  1. volume (one book in a series of books)

Verb

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כָּרַךְ (karákh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to bind (a book)
  2. to tie up, to wrap, to bind

Conjugation

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References

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  • Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎[1] (in German), Göttingen, page 43