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title: חָרוּץ — gold · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרוּץ (2742), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: gold. BDB 1906: n.m. gold. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרוּץ

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«חָרוּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gold** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 2742 · **BDB:** חָרוּץ⁵

### Glosses

than.gold (4); gold (1); of.gold (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2742/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. gold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2742/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 8:10 gold, poet. (Ph. חרץ, v. DrSm xxviii.; Assyrian ḫurâṣu)—חָרוּץ ψ 68:14 + 5 times; gold, always ‖ כֶּסֶף; Zc 9:3, of dove’s wings ψ 68:14 בִּירַקְרַק ח׳; elsewhere in comparison with value of wisdom, etc. Pr 3:14; 8:10 (ח׳ נִבְחָר) v 19; 16:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרוּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2742/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.10/)

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קְחֽוּ־מוּסָרִ֥י וְאַל־כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝דַ֗עַת מֵחָר֥וּץ נִבְחָֽר׃

*Word for word:* take discipline my and not silver and knowledge more than.gold chosen

*JPS 1917:* Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

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[Proverbs 3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.14/)

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כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב סַ֭חְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּ֑סֶף וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].good profit her.trading more than.\[the\].trading.profit of.silver and more than.gold gain her

*JPS 1917:* For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

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