כָּרַז to call together (cmp. כְּלֵי II); to call out, announce. Tanḥ. Mishp. 19 וכשהמלאך כּוֹרֵז האדם בשלום as long as the angel cries out (‘give honor to the image of God’), man is safe. Ib. (ref. to Job XXXIII, 23) אם יהא מן אותן אלף כורז וכ׳ if there be one out of the thousand (angels) crying out before him, to proclaim a man’s righteousness. Esth. R. to VI, 12 כּוֹרֵז, v. כָּרוֹז. Deut. R. s. 4 והכרוזות כּוֹרְזִין וכ׳ and the criers (angels) call out before him, Give room &c., v. infra.
Hif. - הִכְרִיז same. Tanḥ. l. c. ואחד מהם מַכְרִיז … תנו וכ׳ and one of them (the angels) cries out before him, saying, Give honor &c.; Midr. Till. to Ps. XVII; Yalk. Ps. 670 מַכְרִיזִין, v. אִיקוֹנְיָא. B. Mets. II, 1, sq. אלו חייב להַכְרִיז the following finds one must publish. Ib. 28ᵇ אבידתא מַכְרִיז the crier announces that something has been found (not defining the object), opp. to גלימא מכריז ‘a cloak’ (or whatever the object may be).—Pes. 113ᵃ שלשה הקב"ה מכריז עליהם וכ׳ Ms. M. there are three persons for whose sake the Lord sends out the crier every day (to announce their praise); a. fr.