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חרש

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Etymology 1

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Root
ח־ר־שׁ (kh-r-sh)

From the root ח־ר־שׁ (ḥ-r-sh), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ḥaraθ-. Compare Arabic حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa, to plow, to farm).

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חָרַשׁ (kharásh) (pa'al construction)

  1. To plow, plough:
    עבד את האדמה במחרשה.
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    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 22:10:
      לֹא תַחֲרֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר וּבַחֲמֹר יַחְדָּו
      lo takhrósh b'shór uvakhamór yakhdáv
      Thou shalt not plough with an ox and with a donkey at once.
    • Tanach, 1 Kings 19:19:
      וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם וַיִּמְצָא אֶת אֱלִישָׁע בֶּן שָׁפָט וְהוּא חֹרֵשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר צְמָדִים לְפָנָיו וְהוּא בִּשְׁנֵים הֶעָשָׂר
      He [Elijah] went from there and he found Elisha, the son of Shaphat, while he was ploughing with twelve spans of oxen in front of him and he was with the twelfth.
  2. To devise, forge: to plan evil
    • Tanach, Proverbs 3:29:
      אַל־תַּחֲרֹשׁ עַל־רֵעֲךָ רָעָה וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב לָבֶטַח אִתָּךְ
      Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.
  3. To travel a place or a land in it's whole, entirety or almost that.
    לקראת הבחירות לנשיאות חרש ג'ורג' בוש את ארצות הברית לאורכה ולרוחבה.
    In preparation for the presidential elections George Bush traveled the whole United States throughout.
  4. (slang) To study thoroughly.
    לפני הבחינה חרשתי על החומר.
    (Literally) Before the exam I ploughed on material. (Idiomatically) Before the exam I studied thoroughly the material.
    תראה את החרשן הזה, כבר שבוע חורש למבחן בספרות.
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  5. (archaic) To forge: to process metal, wood or stone.
    • Tanach, Genesis 4:22, with translation of the New International Version:
      וְצִלָּה גַם הִוא יָלְדָה אֶת תּוּבַל קַיִן לֹטֵשׁ כָּל חֹרֵשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל []
      Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. []
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Noun

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חָרָשׁ (kharáshm (plural indefinite חָרָשִׁים, singular construct חָרַשׁ־, feminine counterpart חָרָשִׁית) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. A craftsman.
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 24:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְאֵת כָּל-אַנְשֵׁי הַחַיִל שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים וְהֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּר אֶלֶף
      vəet kol-anšḗ haḥáyil šiv'át alafím vəheḥaráš vəhammasgér élef
      And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand
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Etymology 2

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From the root ח־ר־שׁ (ḥ-r-sh). Cognate with Arabic خَرِسَ (ḵarisa).

Verb

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חָרַשׁ (kharásh) (pa'al construction)

  1. Not to hear.
    • Tanach, Micah 7:16:
      [] יָשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּה אָזְנֵיהֶם תֶּחֱרַֽשְׁנָה׃
      [] They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears will become deaf.
    • Tanach, Psalms 39:13:
      [] שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי ה' וְשַׁוְעָתִי הַאֲזִינָה אֶל דִּמְעָתִי אַל תֶּחֱרַשׁ
      Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping.
  2. To be silent, not to speak, not to respond.
    • Tanach, Psalms 83:2:
      אֱלֹהִים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹט אֵֽל׃
      O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
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Noun

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חֵרֵשׁ (kheréshm

  1. defective spelling of חירש: A (male) deaf person, a non-hearing person.

Adjective

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חֵרֵשׁ (kherésh)

  1. defective spelling of חירש

Noun

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חֶרֶשׁ (khéreshm (plural indefinite חֲרָשִׁים, singular construct חֶרֶשׁ־, plural construct חַרְשֵׁי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. surreptitiously
    • Tanach, Isaiah 3:3:
      שַׂר חֲמִשִּׁים וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים וְיוֹעֵץ וַחֲכַם חֲרָשִׁים וּנְבוֹן לָחַשׁ
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חֶרֶשׁ (khéresh)

  1. surreptitiously, silently, with out making noise, in secret
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Etymology 3

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See etymology at חורש.

Noun

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חוֹרֶשׁ / חֹרֶשׁ (khóreshm (plural indefinite חֳרָשִׁים)

  1. defective spelling of חוֹרֶשׁ: a grove, a wood, a thicket: an area with many trees.
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Etymology 4

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(See definition.)

Noun

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חֶרֶשׂ (khéresm

  1. (biblical) Alternative spelling of חֶרֶס (clay, ceramics, earthenware).

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