STRONGS H3803:
Abbreviations
† [
כָּתַר]
verb surround (in
Pi.), (Aramaic
כַּתַּר Pa.,
wait, hope for;
Pa.
wait, await, remain: i.e. perhaps
surrounded expectantly, see
Job 36:2 below) —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural כִּתְּרוּ Judges 20:43 of
surrounding an enemy; suffix
כִּתְּרוּנִי Psalm 22:13 (in figurative; ||
סְבָבוּנִי);
Imperative כַּתַּרלִֿי Job 36:2 wait, I pray (as in Aramaic).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural בִּי יַכְּתִּרוּ צַדִּיקִים Psalm 142:8 dubious,
throw out crowns (Ges
§ 53 g), i.e. appear with crowns (denominative from
כֶּתֶר; but this very late — only in Esther); figurative for
triumph, because of me; but Gr Che
יִתְמָּֽאֲרוּ (see I.
פאר);
יַכְתִּרוּ דָ֑עַת Proverbs 14:18 dubious, Thes De and others
throw out knowledge as a crown, make knowledge their crown (denominative from
כֶּתֶר; but see above), Now,
encompass knowledge, i.e. possess it (||
נָֽחֲלוּ); sense good, but meaning of
כ׳ without ||.
Participle מַכְתִּיר surrounding (as
Pi.)
Habakkuk 1:4 (with accusative of enemy).
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