חרצן

Hebrew

Root
ח־ר־ץ (kh-r-ts)

Etymology

To be compared to Arabic حِصْرِم (ḥiṣrim, “sour grapes”). The Hebrew is recognized^[1]^[2]^[3] as referring in the Bəmiḏbar 6:4 to unripe grapes, and is connected thus to the root ח־ר־ץ / ح ر ص (ḥ-r-ṣ) related to abrasion because of the sour grape being sharp on the tongue; compare Hebrew חָרִיץ (ḥārī́ṣ, “cheese; slit, furrow”).

Noun

חַרְצָן • (ḥarṣā́n) m (plural indefinite חרצנים)

(Biblical Hebrew) sour grape, vine fruit green and acid due to lacking maturity
Synonym: בֹּסֶר (boser)
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) pip, seed

References

“חרצן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

^ Delitzsch, Franz, Keil, Carl Friedrich (1870) Biblischer Commentar über das Alte Testament. Erster Theil: Die Bücher Mose’s. Zweiter Band: Leviticus, Numeri und Deuteronomium‎^[1] (in German), Zweite, verbesserte edition, Leipzig: Dörffling und Franke, page 214
^ Vilmar, Eduard (1864) “Die symbolische Bedeutung des Naziräergelübdes”, in Theologische Studien und Kritiken (in German), volume 37, number 3, Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, pages 468–469 from 438–484
^ Homes, Henry (1848) “The Produce of the Wineyard in the East”, in Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review, volume 5, New York and London: John Wiley; Andover: William H. Wardwell, pages 286 from 283-295

[1] Delitzsch, Franz, Keil, Carl Friedrich (1870) Biblischer Commentar über das Alte Testament. Erster Theil: Die Bücher Mose’s. Zweiter Band: Leviticus, Numeri und Deuteronomium‎^[1] (in German), Zweite, verbesserte edition, Leipzig: Dörffling und Franke, page 214

[2] Vilmar, Eduard (1864) “Die symbolische Bedeutung des Naziräergelübdes”, in Theologische Studien und Kritiken (in German), volume 37, number 3, Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, pages 468–469 from 438–484

[3] Homes, Henry (1848) “The Produce of the Wineyard in the East”, in Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review, volume 5, New York and London: John Wiley; Andover: William H. Wardwell, pages 286 from 283-295

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