H7169

קָרַץ

qa.ratsH:V

to wink

1) to narrow, form, nip, pinch, squeeze, wink, purse 1a) (Qal) to pinch 1b) (Pual) to be nipped or pinched off, be formed

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[קָרַץ] verb nip, pinch (Late Hebrew קָרַץ cut dough, compress lips, קֶרֶץ piece of bread; Assyrian Karâƒu, nip off, gnaw, Arabic pinch; Ethiopic incise; Syriac nail [see also Biblical Aramaic]; compare Frä^{35 f.}); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִקְרְצועַֿיִן Ps 35:19 let them not pinch the eye, i.e. wink maliciously, so Participle active ׳קֹרֵץ צ Prov 10:10, בְּעֵינוֺ ׳ק Prov 6:13 also שְׂפָתָיו ׳ק Prov 16:30 pinching his lips (i.e. compressing, as in Late Hebrew, or biting, gnawing, compare Assyrian). Pu`al Perfect 1 singular מֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי Job 33:6 from clay I was nipped off (compare Assyrian ‰i‰a i‡tariƒ, he nipped off clay, to form Eabani).

4 occurrences

Job (1), Proverbs (3)