קֶ֫רֶץ

קֶ֫רֶץ noun masculine dubious word, apparently nipping, concrete nipper usually interpreted (since Hi) of a nipping or stinging insect (compare Aramaic קָרוֺצָא, Arabic biting insect); e.g. gadfly (compare Thes^{Add. 111}), figurative of Nebuchadr. מִצָּפוֺן בָּא ׳ק Jer 46:20 a gadfly cometh from the north; ᵑ9 (Aq Symm) stimulator, i.e. קֹרֵץ; Thes and others, more generally, excidium.

[קְרַץ] noun [masculine] piece (ᵑ7; see Biblical Hebrew קרץ); — plural suffix קַרְצ֫וֺהִי Dan 6:25, צֵיהוֺן- Dan 3:8, both in phrase ׳אֲכַ֫לוּ ק, i.e. accuse maliciously (so ᵑ7 Syriac PS³⁷⁵⁶ (compare Old Aramaic ׳אמר כרצי פ Lzb²⁹⁹ SAC⁶⁶ Cooke^{205 f.}; כרץ also Mandean), probably borrowed from Assyrian karƒe akâlu, malign, slander (often; also Tel Amarna); compare also u‡tarrizu Hamm^{Law 161}; further Arabic id., and kindred phrase; Ethiopic Di⁴⁸⁹).