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title: חֲרַךְ — singe · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲרַךְ (lemma:חֲרַךְ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: singe. BDB 1906: vb. singe. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲרַךְ

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«חֲרַךְ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **singe** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲרַךְ · **BDB:** חֲרַךְ

### Glosses

it.was.singed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

singe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. singe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5da_5b0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. singe (𝔗 Syriac; NH חָרַךְ);— Pf. 3 ms. הִתְחָרַךְ be singed Dn 3:27 (hair).

### Jastrow 1903

חֲרַךְ: to be burnt, blackened to burn, roast to burn, singe the hair off to be burnt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5da_5b0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (neut. verb) to be burnt, blackened. Targ. Job XXX, 30 (h. text חרה). Targ. Jer. VI, 29 חֲרֵיךְ. Targ. Is. IX, 18 חֲרוֹכַת (ed. Lag. חרובת). (act. verb) to burn, roast. Pes. 40ᵃ לא לִיחֲרוֹךְ וכ׳ one must not roast two ears \&c.—Part. pass. חֲרִיךְ. B. Mets. 85ᵃ; Ber. 46ᵃ, a. e., v. חֲרוֹכָא. to burn, singe the hair off. Kidd. 41ᵃ מְחָרֵיךְ רישא he himself singed the hair off the animal’s head (in preparing for the Sabbath). Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ to be burnt \&c. Targ. Y. Gen. XXI, 15 אתח׳ he was parched (with fever). Targ. Y. Ex. XII, 37.—B. Mets. 85ᵃ אִיחַרְכוּ שקיה (Ar. חרכו) his legs were burnt. B. Bath. 74ᵃ אִיחֲרַךְ אִיחֲרוּכֵי Ms. M. 2 (ed. … הוה איח׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) it (the wool) was singed. Nidd. 28ᵃ איחרך אִיחֲרוּכֵי Rashi (ed. איחרכי, corr. acc.) it (the corpse) was charred (not burnt to ashes).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲרַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5da_5b0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.27/)

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וּ֠מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֞א סִגְנַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָא֮ וְהַדָּבְרֵ֣י מַלְכָּא֒ חָזַ֣יִן לְגֻבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֡ךְ דִּי֩ לָֽא־שְׁלֵ֨ט נוּרָ֜א בְּגֶשְׁמְה֗וֹן וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵֽאשְׁהוֹן֙ לָ֣א הִתְחָרַ֔ךְ וְסָרְבָּלֵיה֖וֹן לָ֣א שְׁנ֑וֹ וְרֵ֣יחַ נ֔וּר לָ֥א עֲדָ֖ת בְּהֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] gathered the satraps the prefects and the governors and the.counselors of the.king \[they.were\].seeing (et) the men these (diy).that not it.had.had.power the fire over body their and the.hair of their.head not it.was.singed and mantles their not they.were.changed and.\[the\] smell of.fire not it.had.touched on them

*JPS 1917:* And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king's ministers, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their cloaks changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.

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