קָרַץqârats
nip, pinch
Pronunciation: kaw-rats' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7169
Meanings
Qal: let them not pinch the eye, active (Psalms 35:19; Proverbs 10:10; Proverbs 6:13)
Pu`al: from clay I was nipped off, ‰i‰a i‡tariƒ (Job 33:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Job 33:6 Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.
- Psalms 35:19 Don’t let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don’t let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.
- Proverbs 6:13 signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.
- Proverbs 10:10 People who wink at wrong cause trouble, but a bold reproof promotes peace.
- Proverbs 16:30 With narrowed eyes, people plot evil; with a smirk, they plan their mischief.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).