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title: חֶרֶט — graving-tool · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶרֶט (2747), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: graving-tool. BDB 1906: graving-tool, stylus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶרֶט

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«חֶרֶט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **graving-tool** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2747 · **BDB:** חֶ֫רֶט

### Glosses

a.stylus (1); tool (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

graving-tool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2747/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

graving-tool, stylus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2747/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] graving-tool, stylus— graving-tool, with which Aaron fashioned (וַיָּצַר) the molten calf Ex 32:4 (E). stylus, for writing on tablet (גִּלָּיוֹן): כְּתֹב עָלָיו בְּחֶרֶט אֱנוֹשׁ Is 8:1 write on it with a man’s (i.e. an ordinary) stylus = in common characters, intelligible to all (v. BenzArch. 290).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶרֶט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2747/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 32:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.4/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח מִיָּדָ֗ם וַיָּ֤צַר אֹתוֹ֙ בַּחֶ֔רֶט וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ עֵ֣גֶל מַסֵּכָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵ֤לֶּה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֱל֖וּךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.took.\[them\] from hand their and he.fashioned it with (the) tool and he made.it a.calf of.molten.metal and they.said these gods \[are\].your O.Israel who they brought.you.up from the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: 'This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

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[Isaiah 8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.1/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קַח־לְךָ֖ גִּלָּי֣וֹן גָּד֑וֹל וּכְתֹ֤ב עָלָיו֙ בְּחֶ֣רֶט אֱנ֔וֹשׁ לְמַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to me take (for yourself a.tablet large and write on it with a.stylus of.a.person (to) Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;

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