כרוב

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kəˈruːβ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkʁuv/, /ˈkʀuv/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈruːb/, /kaˈruːβ/

Etymology 1

Root
כ־ר־ב (k-r-b)

From Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).

Noun

כְּרוּב • (kruv) m (plural indefinite כְּרוּבִים, singular construct כְּרוּב־)

1. cabbage

Derived terms

• כְּרוּבִית (kruvít)

References

• “כרוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כרוב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

From a Proto-Semitic source akin to Akkadian 𒅗𒊒𒁍 (“to bless”), 𒅗𒊑𒁍 (“one who blesses”).

Noun

כְּרוּב • (kruv) m (plural indefinite כְּרוּבִים)

1. cherub, griffin

Descendants

• → Arabic: كَرُوبِيّ (karūbiyy)
• → Amharic: ኪሩብ (kirub)
• → Ancient Greek: χερούβ (kheroúb)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: херовимъ (xerovimŭ)
  • → Latin: cherub
    • → Catalan: querubí
    • → Dutch: cherub
    • → German: Cherub
    • → English: cherub
    • → French: chérubin
    • → Galician: querubín
    • → Italian: cherubino
    • → Polish: cherub
    • → Portuguese: querubim
    • → Spanish: querubín
  • → Old East Slavic: хероувимъ (xeruvimŭ)
    • Russian: херувим (xeruvim)
• → Classical Syriac: ܟܪܘܒܐ

References

• H3742 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

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