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Definition 2024

כָּרַע • ‎(karáʿ) ‎(pa'al construction)

to kneel
to bow down, to squat
- 1925, Rachel the Poetess, An Encounter, Half an Encouter
  
  וְעַל בִּרְכַּי אֶכְרַע עַל שְׂפַת אֲגַם סוֹאֵן \ לִשְׁתּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ לִרְוָיָה!‎
  And on my knees I'll bow on the edge of a tumultuous lake / to drink from it to satisfy my thirst!
to collapse
- 1947, Matityahou Shelem, An Oat in the Field 1–3
  
  שִׁבֹּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה / כּוֹרְעָה בָּרוּחַ / מֵעֹמֶס גַּרְעִינִים כִּי רַב.‎^[1]
  
  shibólet basadé / kor'á barúach / meomés gar'iním kí ráv
  
  An oat in the field / collapses in the wind / from the load of many seeds.

Conjugation of כָּרַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		masculine singular	feminine singular	masculine plural	feminine plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לכרוע \ לִכְרֹעַ
past	first person	כָּרַעְתִּי		כָּרַעְנוּ
	second person	כָּרַעְתָּ	כָּרַעְתְּ	כְּרַעְתֶּם ¹	כְּרַעְתֶּן ¹, ²
	third person	כָּרַע	כָּרְעָה	כָּרְעוּ
present	all persons	כּוֹרֵעַ	כּוֹרַעַת	כּוֹרְעִים	כּוֹרְעוֹת
future	first person	אֶכְרַע		נִכְרַע
	second person	תִּכְרַע	תִּכְרְעִי	תִּכְרְעוּ	תִּכְרַעְנָה ³
	third person	יִכְרַע	תִּכְרַע	יִכְרְעוּ	תִּכְרַעְנָה ³
imperative	second person	כְּרַע	כִּרְעִי	כִּרְעוּ	כְּרַעְנָה ³
notes		Pronounced כָּרַעְתֶּם/ן in modern informal Hebrew Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing. Uncommon in modern Hebrew.