H3803. kathar
[כָּתַר] verb surround (in
Pi`el), (Aramaic כַּתַּר Pa`el, wait, hope for; Pa`el wait, await, remain: i.e. perhaps surrounded expectantly, see [Job 36:2] below) —
Pi`el Perfect3plural כִּתְּרוּ [Judg 20:43] of surrounding an enemy; suffix כִּתְּרוּנִי [Psa 22:13] (in figurative; || סְבָבוּנִי); Imperative כַּתַּרלִֿי [Job 36:2] wait, I pray (as in Aramaic)
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine plural צַדִּיקִים יַכְּתִּרוּ בִּי Psalm 142:8 dubious, throw out crowns (Ges§ 53g), i.e. appear with crowns (denominative from כֶּתֶר; but this very late — only in Esther); figurative for triumph, because of me; but Gr Che יִתְמָּֽאֲרוּ (see I. פאר); דָ֑עַת יַכְתִּרוּ [Prov 14:18] dubious, Thes De and others throw out knowledge as a crown, make knowledge their crown (denominative from כֶּתֶר; but see above), Now, encompass knowledge, i.e. possess it (|| נָָֽחֲלוּ); sense good, but meaning of ׳כ without ||. Participle מַכְתִּיר surrounding (as Pi`el) [Hab 1:4] (with accusative of enemy).