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Hebrew

To tear off

כִּרְסֵםStrong’s H3765

kirsem (kir-sem)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Kirsem is the Hebrew word usually translated “it eats away it”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.”
Psalms 80:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Piel) to tear apart, ravage, tear off
How it's translated
  • it eats away it 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    כִּרְסֵם kirsem · to tear off

    (Piel) to tear apart, ravage, tear off

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.