What does כַּרְמֶל (karĕmel) mean in the Bible?
כַּרְמֶל (karĕmel): Cultivated fertility and human productive labor, contrasting barren wasteland with ordered, thriving agrarian abundance.
Hebrew · H3759
כַּרְמֶל
A planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce
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כַּרְמֶל H3759
Pronunciation karĕmel
What does כַּרְמֶל (karĕmel) mean in the Bible?
כַּרְמֶל (karĕmel): Cultivated fertility and human productive labor, contrasting barren wasteland with ordered, thriving agrarian abundance.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3759?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include an orchard (2), and the orchard (2), . . . (1), a fertile (1), and in the fertile fields (1).
Where does כַּרְמֶל (karĕmel) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 2:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (3), 2 Kings (2), Leviticus (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It an orchard 2× Isaiah 29:17, Isaiah 32:15
and the orchard 2× Isaiah 29:17, Isaiah 32:15
. . . 1× Leviticus 2:14
a fertile 1× Jeremiah 2:7
and in the fertile fields 1× 2 Chronicles 26:10
and orchards 1× Isaiah 10:18
and the fruitful land 1× Jeremiah 4:26
from the orchard 1× Jeremiah 48:33
in the fertile field 1× Isaiah 32:16
of its forests 1× 2 Kings 19:23
or new grain 1× Leviticus 23:14
pastures 1× Micah 7:14
ripe grain 1× 2 Kings 4:42
the densest 1× Isaiah 37:24
the orchard 1× Isaiah 16:10
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 2:14 כַּרְמֶ֔ל to . . . Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 23:14 וְכַרְמֶ֜ל to or new grain Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2 Kings 4:42 וְכַרְמֶ֖ל to ripe grain Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2 Kings 19:23 כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃ to of its forests Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2 Chronicles 26:10 וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔ל to and in the fertile fields Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 10:18 וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹ to and orchards Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Isaiah 16:10 הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל to the orchard Article | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 29:17 לַכַּרְמֶ֑ל to an orchard Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 29:17 וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל to and the orchard Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 32:15 לַכַּרְמֶ֔ל to an orchard Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 2:14
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 6
Leviticus 2 2 Kings 2 2 Chronicles 1 Isaiah 8 Jeremiah 3 Micah 1
Source forms
הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל 2x hak·kar·mel Isaiah 16:10, Jeremiah 2:7
כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃ 2x kar·mil·lōw 2 Kings 19:23, Isaiah 37:24
בַּכַּרְמֶ֥ל 1x bak·kar·mel Isaiah 32:16
הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל 1x hak·kar·mel Jeremiah 4:26
וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔ל 1x ū·ḇak·kar·mel 2 Chronicles 26:10
וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל 1x wə·hak·kar·mel Isaiah 29:17
וְכַרְמֶ֜ל 1x wə·ḵar·mel Leviticus 23:14
וְכַרְמֶ֖ל 1x wə·ḵar·mel 2 Kings 4:42
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x Isaiah 16:10, Jeremiah 2:7, Jeremiah 4:26
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2x Leviticus 23:14, 2 Kings 4:42
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x Isaiah 29:17, Isaiah 32:15
Noun - masculine singular 2x Leviticus 2:14, Micah 7:14
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2x 2 Kings 19:23, Isaiah 37:24
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x Isaiah 29:17, Isaiah 32:15
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 10:18
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x 2 Chronicles 26:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Cultivated fertility and human productive labor, contrasting barren wasteland with ordered, thriving agrarian abundance.
Source Gloss
a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Cultivated fertility and human productive labor, contrasting barren wasteland with ordered, thriving agrarian abundance.
a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce BDB: plantation Usage: full (green) ears (of corn), fruitful field (place), plentiful (field).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כַּרְמֶל is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain