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

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«חֲרַץ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **loin** — 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:חֲרַץ · **BDB:** חֲרַץ

### Glosses

of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

loin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

loin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] loin (v. BH חָלָץ, √ II. \[חָלַץ\]);—sf. חַרְצֵהּ Dn 5:6 the joints of his loin (v. קְטַר).

### Jastrow 1903

חֲרַץ: to cut into to be cut into [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5e5/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , to cut into. Part. pass. חָרִיץ. Gitt. 20ᵃ רושמא מִיחֲרַץ ח׳ וכ׳ is the stamp of a coin dug into (are the devices formed with a loss of substance), or is it pressed into (by compressing the substance)?—Bekh. 41ᵃ מיחרץ ח׳ (a dry scab is) cut into (deeper than the surface). to be cut into, v. supra.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲרַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.6/)

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אֱדַ֤יִן מַלְכָּא֙ זִיוֺ֣הִי שְׁנ֔וֹהִי וְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִייְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּ וְקִטְרֵ֤י חַרְצֵהּ֙ מִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִן וְאַ֨רְכֻבָּתֵ֔הּ דָּ֥א לְדָ֖א נָֽקְשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* then the king brightness(es) his they changed.him and thoughts his they alarmed.him and the.joints of his.loin\[s\] \[were\].loosened and knees his this.\[one\] to this.\[one\] \[were\].knocking

*JPS 1917:* Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts affrighted him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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