Original Word: קַרְצֵי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qerats
Phonetic Spelling: (ker-ats')
Short Definition: charges [קְרַץ] noun [masculine] piece (ᵑ7; see Biblical Hebrew קרץ); — plural suffix קַרְצ֫וֺהִי Daniel 6:25, צֵיהוֺן- Daniel 3:8, both in phrase ׳אֲכַ֫לוּ ק, i.e. accuse maliciously (so ᵑ7 Syriac PS³⁷⁵⁶ (compare Old Aramaic ׳אמר כרצי פ Lzb²⁹⁹ SAC⁶⁶ Cooke^205f.; כרץ also Mandean), probably borrowed from Assyrian karƒe akâlu, malign, slander (often; also Tel Amarna); compare also u‡tarrizu Hamm^{Law 161}; further Arabic id., and kindred phrase; Ethiopic Di⁴⁸⁹).

accuse

(Aramaic) corresponding to qerets in the sense of a bit (to "eat the morsels of" any one, i.e. Chew him up (figuratively) by slander) -- + accuse.

see HEBREW qerets

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