כָּרַח (v. כְּרַהּ a. כָּרַךְ)to be tied, narrowed in.—Denom. כֹּרַח.
Hif. - הִכְרִיחַ to force, subdue. Gen. R. s. 75, beg. (ref. to הכריעהו, Ps. XVII, 13) הַכְרִיחֵהוּ וכ׳ force him down on the scale of guilt, break his resistance; (Yalk. Gen. 130 הכריעהו). Cant. R. to IV, 12 אם בנפשותן הן מַכְרִיחִין וכ׳ (not בעשותן) if they did violence to their souls, how much more &c.; (Pesik. B’shall. p. 82ᵇ שליטין).