--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 20 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 20 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/30/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) **hereby** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, law) Hereby means «by this statement, letter or document» — the words themselves make something happen.[↗](../../hereby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) It is used in official announcements, certificates and old-fashioned speeches.[↗](../../hereby/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I hereby declare this library open\![↗](../../hereby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You are hereby invited to my birthday party.[↗](../../hereby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We hereby agree to share the toys fairly.[↗](../../hereby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «I hereby name this ship Explorer,» said the queen.[↗](../../hereby/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The certificate says: «This hereby certifies that Sam can swim twenty-five metres.»[↗](../../hereby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I hereby promise to tidy my room every Saturday.[↗](../../hereby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (playful)[↗](../../hereby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the latter case, though not unconscious that there may be taller men among you, I hereby offer myself for that enviable duty.[↗](../../hereby/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.[↗](../../hereby/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hereby/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said: 'Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind.[↗](../../hereby/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.16.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hereby/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us: Hereby shall I know that ye are upright men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way.[↗](../../hereby/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hereby/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **hereditary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Hereditary describes a feature or illness that is passed from parents to children through genes.[↗](../../hereditary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hereditary describes a title, job or right that is passed down in a family from parent to child, like a crown.[↗](../../hereditary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Freckles are often hereditary.[↗](../../hereditary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor asked if the illness was hereditary.[↗](../../hereditary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The UK has a hereditary monarchy.[↗](../../hereditary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His grandfather had a hereditary title as a lord.[↗](../../hereditary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Being left-handed is partly hereditary.[↗](../../hereditary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some hereditary diseases can be tested for before birth.[↗](../../hereditary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **herein** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) In this document, place or thing; in here.[↗](../../herein/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Herein can also mean in this matter, respect or way.[↗](../../herein/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rules stated herein apply to all players.[↗](../../herein/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Herein lies the secret of the treasure.[↗](../../herein/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please read the instructions contained herein.[↗](../../herein/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The answers to the puzzle are herein.[↗](../../herein/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Herein lies the problem: we have only one key.[↗](../../herein/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.'[↗](../../herein/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herein/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?'[↗](../../herein/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.4.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herein/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hereinafter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, legal) From this point on in this document; later in this text.[↗](../../hereinafter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Often used to give a short name: «John Smith (hereinafter called "the Buyer")».[↗](../../hereinafter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school (hereinafter "the School") agrees to the rules.[↗](../../hereinafter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Brown, hereinafter called the Seller, sold the car.[↗](../../hereinafter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The contract says: "The tenant, hereinafter referred to as the Renter, must pay on time."[↗](../../hereinafter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The book club rules (hereinafter "the Rules") are listed below.[↗](../../hereinafter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (joke) My little brother, hereinafter known as the Pest, ate my sweets.[↗](../../hereinafter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **heretofore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were simple.[↗](../../heretofore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Heretofore the castle gates were always open.[↗](../../heretofore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Heretofore we had never seen a dragon.[↗](../../heretofore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was quiet heretofore.[↗](../../heretofore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore.[↗](../../heretofore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heretofore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying: 'Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?'[↗](../../heretofore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heretofore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.'[↗](../../heretofore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heretofore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.'[↗](../../heretofore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.3.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heretofore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hereupon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immediately after this, at that point: the king frowned, and hereupon he called the guards.[↗](../../hereupon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hereupon the ducks opened their eyes.[↗](../../hereupon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hereupon the bell rang and everyone ran out.[↗](../../hereupon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He said nothing; hereupon she left the room.[↗](../../hereupon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **herewith** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* With this; by this means.[↗](../../herewith/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.[↗](../../herewith/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.16.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herewith/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast moreover multiplied thy harlotry with the land of traffic, even with Chaldea; and yet thou didst not have enough herewith.[↗](../../herewith/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herewith/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **heritage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Heritage is the history, traditions, buildings, art and language that a country or group has had for a long time and passes on.[↗](../../heritage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Your heritage is the culture and background you get from your family and ancestors.[↗](../../heritage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective use) A heritage site, building or rail line is old and protected because it is important.[↗](../../heritage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stonehenge is a World Heritage Site.[↗](../../heritage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum is proud of her Jamaican heritage.[↗](../../heritage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Old songs and stories are part of our heritage.[↗](../../heritage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We rode a steam train on the heritage railway.[↗](../../heritage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The town spent money protecting its heritage buildings.[↗](../../heritage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning your grandparents' language keeps your heritage alive.[↗](../../heritage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum shows the heritage of the local mining town.[↗](../../heritage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.'[↗](../../heritage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heritage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.[↗](../../heritage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.94.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heritage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey?[↗](../../heritage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.12.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heritage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel His people.[↗](../../heritage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.135.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heritage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **hermetic** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Relating to the secret teachings of Hermes, and to occult magic or mystical study.[↗](../../hermetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hermetic rituals explain this Yetziratic attri- bution.[↗](../../hermetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../hermetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Private Hermetic MSS. have alone the correct names and spelling.[↗](../../hermetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../hermetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.[↗](../../hermetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../hermetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hermit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hermit is a person who chooses to live alone, away from other people, often for religious reasons or to think and pray.[↗](../../hermit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone who hardly ever goes out or meets people is sometimes jokingly called a hermit.[↗](../../hermit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A hermit crab is a crab that lives inside an empty shell of another sea animal.[↗](../../hermit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hermit lived alone in a cave on the hill.[↗](../../hermit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, some Christians became hermits to pray in the desert.[↗](../../hermit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A hermit crab looks for a bigger shell when it grows.[↗](../../hermit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Since he started his game, my brother has been a hermit in his room.[↗](../../hermit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the children met a wise hermit in the forest.[↗](../../hermit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hermit grew vegetables and rarely spoke to anyone.[↗](../../hermit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “I cannot say,” answered the hermit.[↗](../../hermit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hermitage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, lonely house where a hermit lives apart from other people.[↗](../../hermitage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A strong red wine from France.[↗](../../hermitage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man lived in a hermitage in the forest.[↗](../../hermitage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights rested that night at the hermitage.[↗](../../hermitage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Old menus sometimes listed hermitage wine.[↗](../../hermitage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hero** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hero is a person who does something very brave or good, especially to help or save others.[↗](../../hero/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hero is the main character in a story, film or play.[↗](../../hero/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Your hero is someone you admire very much.[↗](../../hero/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The firefighter was a hero for saving the family.[↗](../../hero/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero of the story defeated the dragon.[↗](../../hero/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister is my hero.[↗](../../hero/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Superheroes like to fly, but real heroes help others every day.[↗](../../hero/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy became a local hero after he found the lost child.[↗](../../hero/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses are heroes who look after sick people.[↗](../../hero/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the end the hero went home with the treasure.[↗](../../hero/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · What! a hero like Theseus afraid\![↗](../../hero/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **heroic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very brave, like a hero, as in «a heroic rescue».[↗](../../heroic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To do with heroes in old stories and poems, as in «heroic legends».[↗](../../heroic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Very great or large in effort, as in «a heroic effort to finish».[↗](../../heroic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun, «heroics») Showing off brave actions, sometimes foolishly.[↗](../../heroic/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The firefighter made a heroic rescue.[↗](../../heroic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Odysseus had many heroic adventures.[↗](../../heroic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a heroic effort to finish the marathon.[↗](../../heroic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog heroically barked until help came.[↗](../../heroic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · No heroics — call an adult if someone is in danger.[↗](../../heroic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem tells of a heroic battle.[↗](../../heroic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I am proud to show hospitality to so heroic a youth.[↗](../../heroic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **heroine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The main female character in a story, usually brave or good.[↗](../../heroine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A woman admired for her brave deeds.[↗](../../heroine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heroine of the story is a clever girl.[↗](../../heroine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our heroine climbs the tower to rescue her brother.[↗](../../heroine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every hero needs a heroine, Dad said.[↗](../../heroine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **heron** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tall bird with long legs, a long neck and a long sharp beak, which stands still in shallow water to catch fish and frogs.[↗](../../heron/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A heron stood very still in the shallow water.[↗](../../heron/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The heron caught a fish with its long beak.[↗](../../heron/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a grey heron by the river.[↗](../../heron/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Herons fly with their necks pulled back in an S shape.[↗](../../heron/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A heron ate all the fish from our garden pond\![↗](../../heron/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The great blue heron is common in North America.[↗](../../heron/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘What do you do yourself?’ asked the heron.[↗](../../heron/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.[↗](../../heron/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../heron/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **herpes** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Herpes is a common infection caused by a virus; one kind causes cold sores, small painful blisters around the mouth.[↗](../../herpes/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Some kinds of herpes viruses also cause chickenpox and shingles.[↗](../../herpes/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A cold sore is caused by a herpes virus.[↗](../../herpes/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't share your water bottle when you have a cold sore, because herpes spreads easily.[↗](../../herpes/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Chickenpox comes from a kind of herpes virus.[↗](../../herpes/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox.[↗](../../herpes/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people carry the herpes virus without knowing.[↗](../../herpes/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pharmacist gave Mum a cream for her herpes cold sore.[↗](../../herpes/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **herring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A herring is a small silver fish that lives in big groups in the North Atlantic and other cold seas.[↗](../../herring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Herring is also the fish eaten as food, often smoked (a kipper) or pickled.[↗](../../herring/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A red herring is a clue or fact that leads you the wrong way, on purpose or by accident.[↗](../../herring/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A shoal of herring flashed silver in the sea.[↗](../../herring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad eats pickled herring on toast.[↗](../../herring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A smoked herring is called a kipper.[↗](../../herring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffins and seals eat herring.[↗](../../herring/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The muddy footprint was a red herring; the thief came in through the window.[↗](../../herring/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This word problem has a red herring: the age of the bus driver does not matter.[↗](../../herring/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fishing boats came back full of herring.[↗](../../herring/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **heshvan** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The eighth month of the Jewish calendar, in autumn.[↗](../../heshvan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He produced Nun, predominant in Smell, crowned it, combined and formed with it Scorpio in the Universe, Heshvan in the Year, and the intestines of Man.[↗](../../heshvan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../heshvan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **hesitate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stop or pause before doing or saying something because you are unsure, nervous or worried.[↗](../../hesitate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Don't hesitate to means feel free to do it at once.[↗](../../hesitate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Don't hesitate to ask.[↗](../../hesitate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She hesitated before jumping into the cold water.[↗](../../hesitate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't hesitate to ask if you need help.[↗](../../hesitate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered without hesitating.[↗](../../hesitate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I hesitated because I wasn't sure of the answer.[↗](../../hesitate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat hesitated at the edge of the wall.[↗](../../hesitate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see a fire, don't hesitate, call 999.[↗](../../hesitate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The kind children did not hesitate for an instant.[↗](../../hesitate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hesitation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pause before doing something, because you are unsure or afraid.[↗](../../hesitation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She opened the box without hesitation.[↗](../../hesitation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I can see your hesitation; please speak.[↗](../../hesitation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After a short hesitation, he jumped.[↗](../../hesitation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **heterogeneous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made of many different kinds of things mixed together.[↗](../../heterogeneous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class is heterogeneous: some children are tall, some small.[↗](../../heterogeneous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bag held heterogeneous toys.[↗](../../heterogeneous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Heterogeneous groups learn from each other.[↗](../../heterogeneous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cut or chop wood or stone with a sharp tool or axe.[↗](../../hew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) To cut down or chop through with a sword or axe.[↗](../../hew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The woodcutter hews the logs for the fire.[↗](../../hew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They hewed away at the bridge beams.[↗](../../hew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hew down the bridge quickly\![↗](../../hew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · So I made an ark of acacia-wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand.[↗](../../hew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.[↗](../../hew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.7.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · At that time the LORD said unto me: 'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto Me into the mount; and make thee an ark of wood.[↗](../../hew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.[↗](../../hew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.15.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon?[↗](../../hew/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.51.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hew/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim; (Writings 2CH.14.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hew/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **hewer** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who cuts wood or stone.[↗](../../hewer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; (Torah DEU.29.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains; (Prophets 1KI.5.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.[↗](../../hewer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skilful in any manner of work; (Writings 1CH.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hewer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/10/) … [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/19/) **20** [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/21/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/30/) … 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