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title: הֶרֶס — overthrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֶרֶס (2041), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: overthrow. BDB 1906: overthrow, destruction. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֶרֶס

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«הֶרֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **overthrow** — 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:** 2041 · **BDB:** הֶ֫רֶס

### Glosses

destruction (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

overthrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2041/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

overthrow, destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2041/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] overthrow, destruction, only Is 19:18 one shall be called עִיר הַהֶרֶס city of destruction, i.e. (as usually explained) with punning allusion to On-Heliopolis: it shall be called no longer עִיר הַחֶרֶס city of the sun, but עיר ההרס city of destruction, city whose temples, etc., of the sun have been destroyed; but perh. עִיר הַצֶּדֶק city of righteousness, so GeiUrschrift 79 Brd Di (change intentional? cf. id.); on other views v. id. \& De Che.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֶרֶס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2041/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.18/)

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בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא יִהְיוּ֩ חָמֵ֨שׁ עָרִ֜ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֗יִם מְדַבְּרוֹת֙ שְׂפַ֣ת כְּנַ֔עַן וְנִשְׁבָּע֖וֹת לַיהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת עִ֣יר הַהֶ֔רֶס יֵאָמֵ֖ר לְאֶחָֽת׃ס

*Word for word:* in the day (the) that they.will.be five cities in the.land of.Egypt \[which\].speak the.language of.Canaan and.\[which\] swear.an.oath to Yahweh of.hosts the.city of.(the) destruction it.will.be.said of one

*JPS 1917:* In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.

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