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Strong's #7159 - קָרַם
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- to spread or lay something over, cover, spread over
- (Qal) to be spread over
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, incrust, overlay); — Qal Perfect 1 singular וְקָרַמְתִּ֫י עֲלֵיכֶם עוֺר Ezekiel 37:6 I will spread skin over you (i.e. the dry bones); Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּקְרַם עֲלֵיהֶם עוֺר Ezekiel 37:8 (so Gi van d. H.; Baer וַיִּקְרָם, of which conflicting explanations Ges§§ 9u, 29i), indefinite subject instead of passive; but read
Niph`alוַיִּקָּ֫רֶם ᵑ6 (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 (?) Hom Chrest. 127; see also Arabic 
part of man's head where horns are in beasts, 
corner, extremity, of anything Frey, horn of uterus, Lane).
קָרַם to draw over, to cover (Syr. and Chald. to overlay with metal), followed by עַל like other verbs of covering, Ezekiel 37:6 קָרַמְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם עוֹר, “I will draw skin over you.” Intrans. to be drawn over, fut. יִקְרַם, Ezekiel 37:8.
[“קָרַן pr. to push with the horn, apparently; whence קֶרֶן.”]
