Word

קָרַם

qâram · H7159 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

Causative action by which deities cover an object by laying something over it (to lay (over), to cover)

Examples
Ezekiel 37:6 ‘And I will attach tendons to you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you so that you may come to life; and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
Ezekiel 37:8 And I looked, and behold, tendons were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

עוֹרskin 1
Not stated: I 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עוֹרskin 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ כֶםyou 1
עַלon, upon, over, against+ הֶםthem 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

כָּסָה kâçâh · H3680 · to cover, to be covered, to cover oneself: The most common Hebrew verb for covering; broader in application than קָרַם, which appears to be more specialized for the formation of a surface layer or film (as skin forming over a wound), while כָּסָה is the general term for any kind of covering action
צָפָה tsâphâh · H6823 · to look out, to watch, to watch out: Both involve forming a covering layer over a surface; צָפָה typically denotes deliberate overlaying or plating (especially with metal), while קָרַם can describe natural formation of a covering

Contrasting words 1 word

גָּלָה gâlâh · H1540 · to reveal: Direct lexical opposite: to uncover or expose what was covered, versus קָרַם which means to form a covering over something; standard antonym pair in Hebrew lexicography

In the other Testament 2 words

καλύπτω kalýptō · G2572 · to cover, to cover over, to hide: Primary Greek verb for covering or concealing something; directly translates the Hebrew קָרַם in contexts where a surface is covered over (e.g., by skin forming over a wound, or a film over liquid)
περικαλύπτω perikalýptō · G4028 · to cover, to cover around: Intensified Greek compound meaning to cover completely or wrap around; suitable for contexts where קָרַם describes the formation of a covering layer

Semantic domains 1 entry

Cover002003001005: The word means to cover, directly illustrated by God's promise in Ezekiel's vision of the dry bones to "cover you with skin" and the account of skin covering the reassembled bones (Ezekiel 37:6, 8).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7159. qaram [קָרַם] verb spread or lay something over (Late Hebrew id. form a crust, so…

H7159. qaram
[קָרַם] verb spread or lay something over (Late Hebrew id. form a crust, so Hiph`il על יקרים Ecclus 43:20; Aramaic קְרַם, , incrust, overlay); —
Qal Perfect1singular עוֺר עֲלֵיכֶם וְקָרַמְתִּ֫י Eze 37:6 I will spread skin over you (i.e. the dry bones); Imperfect3masculine singular עוֺר עֲלֵיהֶם וַיִּקְרַם Eze 37:8 (so Gi van d. H.; Baer וַיִּקְרָם, of which conflicting explanations Ges§§ 9u, 29i), indefinite subject instead of passive; but read
Niph`al ᵑ6 וַיִּקָּ֫רֶם (compare ᵑ9) Co Berthol Toy Krae.
קרן (√ of following; meaning dubious; compare Assyrian ‡arnu, Arabic , Ethiopic Late Hebrew קֶרֶן, Phoenician קרן, Aramaic קַרְנָא, , all horn; Sabean קרן spur of mountain (?) HomChrest. 127; see also Arabic part of man's head where horns are in beasts, corner, extremity, of anything Frey, horn of uterus, Lane).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Cover2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0