כַּרְמֶל

1. plantation, garden-land.

2. fruit, garden-growth (ל + כֶּרֶם, compare Ges^{«GKC:85»§ 85}, 52 Sta^{§ 299}); — absolute ׳כ Isa 16:10 + 12 t.; suffix כַּדְמִלּוֺ Isa 10:18 + 2 t.; —

1. garden-land, Isa 16:10 ׅ || ( כְּרָמִים, Isa 10:18 ׅ || (יַעַר, Isa 29:17 (twice in verse) (opposed to לְבָנוֺן יַעַר), Isa 32:15 (twice in verse) (opposed to מִדְבָּר יַעַר), vIsa 32:16; Jer 4:26 (opposed to מִדְבָּר), Jer 48:33; 2Chr 26:10 (opposed to הֶהָרִים); ׳אֶרֶץ הַכּ Jer 2:7 the country of garden-land, i.e. fertile; יַעַָר כַּרְמִלּוֺ 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24, the garden-like forest of it (namely of Lebanon). On Mic 7:14 see II. כַּרְמֶל.

2. by metonymy (fresh) fruit, garden growth, 2Kgs 4:42 (+ לֶחֶם שְׂעוֺרִים Lev 2:14 (+ קָוָּי בָּאֵשׁאָבִיב and גֶּרֶשׂ, q. v.); ׳לֶחֶם וְקָלִי וכ Lev 23:14.