קָרַע

qâraʻ

To tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm

a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them); cut out, rend, [idiom] surely, tear.

קָרַע dzula (Chichewa)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Chichewa meaningtear apart
קָרַע zula (Kaonde)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Kaonde meaningtear
קָרַע kura (Kinyarwanda)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Kinyarwanda meaningpull out (kura mo, related semantic field)
קָרַע kura (Kirundi)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Kirundi meaningpull out
קָרַע zula (Lamba)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Lamba meaningrip
קָרַע zula (Lozi)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Lozi meaningtear
קָרַע zula (Luganda)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Luganda meaningtear away (rare dialectal)
קָרַע dzura (Shona)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Shona meaningtear
קָרַע kuzula (Sukuma)
Hebrew meaningto tear, rend
Sukuma meaningto tear apart, to separate by force (often with twisting/wrenching)
NotesRoot: zula; infinitive: kuzula
קָרַע zua (Swahili)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Swahili meaningpull apart (dialectal)
קָרַע chuna (Swahili)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Swahili meaningpeel, strip (related semantic field)
קָרַע zura (Tumbuka)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Tumbuka meaningpull apart
קָרַע zula (Xhosa)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Xhosa meaningpull away
קָרַע zula (Zulu)
Hebrew meaningTo tear or rip apart by force, most commonly referring to physical tearing of clothing, documents, or other objects, but also used figuratively for acts of division, disruption, or the expression of intense emotion such as grief or outrage. Less comm
Zulu meaningpull, remove forcefully (rare)