Lexical Summary kirsem: to tear off Original Word: כִּרְסֵםTransliteration: kirsem Phonetic Spelling: (kir-same') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to tear off Meaning: to lay waste Strong's Concordance waste From kacam; to lay waste -- waste. see HEBREW kacam Brown-Driver-Briggs H3765. kirsem [כִּרְסֵם] verb quadriliteral = Pi`el, tear off (compare קִרְסֵם Late Hebrew cut or eat away, Deuteronomy 28:38 ᵑ7J for חָסַל; on form see Ges§ 56); — only Imperfect3masculine singular suffix: — מִיָּ֫עַר חֲזִיר יְכַרְסְמֶנָּה Psalm 80:14 teareth it off (that is, the vine, figurative of Israel). |