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
כַּרְמֶל (karĕmel): Cultivated fertility and human productive labor, contrasting barren wasteland with ordered, thriving agrarian abundance.
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כַּרְמֶלH3759
Pronunciationkarĕmel
What does כַּרְמֶל (karĕmel) mean in the Bible?
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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 Itan orchard2×Isaiah 29:17, Isaiah 32:15
and the orchard2×Isaiah 29:17, Isaiah 32:15
. . .1×Leviticus 2:14
a fertile1×Jeremiah 2:7
and in the fertile fields1×2 Chronicles 26:10
and orchards1×Isaiah 10:18
and the fruitful land1×Jeremiah 4:26
from the orchard1×Jeremiah 48:33
in the fertile field1×Isaiah 32:16
of its forests1×2 Kings 19:23
or new grain1×Leviticus 23:14
pastures1×Micah 7:14
ripe grain1×2 Kings 4:42
the densest1×Isaiah 37:24
the orchard1×Isaiah 16:10
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Leviticus 2:14כַּרְמֶ֔לto. . .Noun - masculine singularLeviticus 23:14וְכַרְמֶ֜לtoor new grainConjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular2 Kings 4:42וְכַרְמֶ֖לtoripe grainConjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular2 Kings 19:23כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃toof its forestsNoun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular2 Chronicles 26:10וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔לtoand in the fertile fieldsConjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularIsaiah 10:18וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹtoand orchardsConjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularIsaiah 16:10הַכַּרְמֶ֔לtothe orchardArticle | Noun - masculine singularIsaiah 29:17לַכַּרְמֶ֑לtoan orchardPreposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularIsaiah 29:17וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖לtoand the orchardConjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularIsaiah 32:15לַכַּרְמֶ֔לtoan orchardPreposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLeviticus 2:14
Aligned rows17
Books represented6
Leviticus22 Kings22 Chronicles1Isaiah8Jeremiah3Micah1
Source forms
הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל2xhak·kar·melIsaiah 16:10, Jeremiah 2:7
כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃2xkar·mil·lōw2 Kings 19:23, Isaiah 37:24
בַּכַּרְמֶ֥ל1xbak·kar·melIsaiah 32:16
הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל1xhak·kar·melJeremiah 4:26
וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔ל1xū·ḇak·kar·mel2 Chronicles 26:10
וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל1xwə·hak·kar·melIsaiah 29:17
וְכַרְמֶ֜ל1xwə·ḵar·melLeviticus 23:14
וְכַרְמֶ֖ל1xwə·ḵar·mel2 Kings 4:42
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular3xIsaiah 16:10, Jeremiah 2:7, Jeremiah 4:26
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular2xLeviticus 23:14, 2 Kings 4:42
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular2xIsaiah 29:17, Isaiah 32:15
Noun - masculine singular2xLeviticus 2:14, Micah 7:14
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular2x2 Kings 19:23, Isaiah 37:24
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular2xIsaiah 29:17, Isaiah 32:15
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular1xIsaiah 10:18
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular1x2 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 definitionSource: 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: