כֶּרַע

כֶּרַעc. (b. h.; cmp. כָּרָה) (hollow, cmp. בֶּרֶךְ, knee, leg. Zeb.VIII, 5 כַּרְעוֹ שלוכ׳ the leg of one of them (Talm. ed. 77b כרעים du.). Kel. XVIII, 7 כ׳ שהיתהוכ׳ a kneeshaped piece of wood which became unclean … and which one fastened to a bedstead; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. IX, 3. Ib. VIII, 8 כ׳ שפרשוכ׳ a leg of a bedstead which was taken off with the longside ; a. e.Du. כְּרָעַיִם, כְּרָעַיִים; pl. כְּרָעִים, כְּרָעִין. Tam.IV, 2. Zeb.VIII, 5. Succ.15b, v. אֲרוּכָה. Cant. R. to VII, 3 מה כרס … והכ׳וכ׳ as the belly is bounded by the heart (chest) on the one, and the legs on the other. Kel. XVIII, 5; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. VIII, 5; a. fr.