Kerem is an English word starting with the letter K. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Using Kerem
- In the example corpus, kerem often appears in combinations such as: kerem shalom, the kerem, ein kerem.
Context around Kerem
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kerem
- In this selection, "kerem" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, near, nearby, reopened, shalom and schem stand out and add context to how "kerem" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include through the kerem shalom border and through the kerem shalom crossing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kerem" sits close to words such as abattoir, agi and agitations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kerem
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aid passing through the Kerem Shalom border. (7 words)
Kerem Shalom is one of Israel’s two border crossings with Gaza. (12 words)
An aid truck moving into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom border crossing last month. (14 words)
Twenty-four aid trucks crossed through Israel’s Kerem Shalom border crossing point into Gaza on Sunday, marking the first time aid had gone through this crossing since the war began, Palestinian Rafah border crossing spokesman Wael Abu Omar told ABC News. (42 words)
In addition to reopening the Erez crossing point, which has been closed since it was destroyed during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the security cabinet also approved increasing Jordanian aid through the Kerem Shalom crossing point, the statement said. (40 words)
Egypt and Qatar, which had previously negotiated a week-long ceasefire and hostage release, insisted on expediting aid and the opening of the Kerem Shalom crossing before any negotiations could begin, the sources said. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
An IDF spokesperson declined to comment on Palestinian reports that Israeli forces had begun a ground offensive near Kerem Shalom, east of the Rafah Crossing into Egypt.
Egypt and Qatar, which had previously negotiated a week-long ceasefire and hostage release, insisted on expediting aid and the opening of the Kerem Shalom crossing before any negotiations could begin, the sources said.
Eighty of those trucks were inspected at the Kerem Shalom crossing at the Israel-Gaza-Egypt border, which opened for the first time on Tuesday to expand the amount of aid entering Gaza.
Kerem Schem shows a portrait of her daughter Mia, near Tel Aviv, on 15 October 2023.
Kerem Shalom is one of Israel’s two border crossings with Gaza.
On 17 December, Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom goods crossing with Gaza, allowing another route for aid to enter the territory.
Palestinians who were arrested by the Israeli military in the north of the Gaza Strip and released through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south wait for treatment in Rafah on Sunday.
Twenty-four aid trucks crossed through Israel’s Kerem Shalom border crossing point into Gaza on Sunday, marking the first time aid had gone through this crossing since the war began, Palestinian Rafah border crossing spokesman Wael Abu Omar told ABC News.
Aid passing through the Kerem Shalom border.
An aid truck moving into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom border crossing last month.
Around 1.3 million doses of the vaccine traveled through the Kerem Shalom checkpoint and are currently being held in “cold-chain storage” in a warehouse in Deir al-Balah.
A spokesperson said Ms Sido was taken through the Kerem Shalom border, which connects Gaza with Israel.
Egypt and the US agreed on May 24 to send aid via Israel's nearby Kerem Shalom crossing until legal arrangements are made to reopen Rafah from the Palestinian side, the Egyptian presidency said.
Egypt has since started allowing some aid through Kerem Shalom, a crossing on the border with Israel.
In addition to reopening the Erez crossing point, which has been closed since it was destroyed during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the security cabinet also approved increasing Jordanian aid through the Kerem Shalom crossing point, the statement said.
In early August, a humanitarian aid bus crossed into Gaza from Kerem Shalom, Israel.
Israel announced Sunday it would observe daily pauses in combat along a route stretching from Kerem Shalom, the strip’s only operational aid crossing in the south, to the nearby city of Khan Younis.
Israel said it reopened Kerem Shalom crossing, the other main entry point for aid, early Wednesday.
Israel said on Tuesday that it had inspected and sent 450 trucks through Kerem Shalom on that day alone, faulting aid agencies for not delivering their contents.
It would also constitute far more aid than is currently coming in over land through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel, or through airdrops.
Common combinations with kerem
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: