כַּר
A ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out)
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What does כַּר (kar) mean in the Bible?
כַּר (kar) is a Hebrew word meaning "a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out)". a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out) BDB: pasture Usage: captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram.
Meaning
Primary sense is the full-grown ram; metaphorical extension to pasture derives from sheep habitat, not linguistic shift.
a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out) BDB: pasture Usage: captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also 1033, 3746.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.