כָּרָה

[כָּרָה] noun feminine cistern (or well), only plural construct In נְוֺת כְּרֹת רֹעִים Zeph 2:6 pastures of (= with) wells of shepherds, but text dubious; ׳כ a gloss according to Kö^{ii. 176}, (§ 94 a) Anm.; ᵐ5. κρήτὴ We (כֶרת נות רעים והיתה as ᵐ5. kereth = Philistia; see further כְּרֵתִי; Böhme^{ZAW vii. 1887, 212} views כְּרֹת, plausibly, as erroneous variant of preceding נְוֺת, so Schw^{ib. x. 1890, 185, 186}; Rosthstein in Kau^AT.

כְּרֹת Zeph 2:6 see [ כָּרָה] below I. כרה.