H7169. qarats
[קָרַץ] verb nip, pinch (Late Hebrew קָרַץ cut dough, compress lips, קֶרֶץ piece of bread; Assyrian Karâƒu, nip off, gnaw, Arabic pinch; Ethiopic incise; Syriac nail [see also Biblical Aramaic]; compare Frä35f.); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יִקְרְצועַֿיִן [Psa 35:19] let them not pinch the eye, i.e. wink maliciously, so Participle active צ ׳קֹרֵץ [Prov 10:10], ׳ק בְּעֵינוֺ [6:13]; also ׳ק שְׂפָתָיו [16:30] pinching his lips (i.e. compressing, as in Late Hebrew, or biting, gnawing, compare Assyrian).
Pu`al Perfect1singular קֹרַצְתִּי מֵחֹמֶר [Job 33:6] from clay I was nipped off (compare Assyrian ‰i‰a i‡tariƒ, he nipped off clay, to form Eabani).