כרוב

Hebrew

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kəˈruːβ/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kˈʁuv/ /kˈʀuv/ invalid IPA characters (//)
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈruːb/ /kaˈruːβ/ invalid IPA characters (//)

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־)

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)

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

ברוך

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