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title: חָרִיץ — a cut · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרִיץ (2757), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a cut. BDB 1906: n.m. cut, thing cut, sharp instrument. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרִיץ

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«חָרִיץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a cut** — 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:** 2757 · **BDB:** חָרִיץ

### Glosses

the.portions (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a cut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2757/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cut, thing cut, sharp instrument [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2757/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 17:18 a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument;—pl. cstr. חֲרִיצֵי 1 S 17:18 1 Ch 20:3; חֲרִצֵי 2 S 12:31;— ח׳ הֶחָלָב 1 S 17:18 cuts of milk i. e. cheeses. sharp instr. of iron, 2 S 12:31 = 1 Ch 20:3 בַּמְּגֵרָה ובח׳ הַבַּרְזֶל וּבַמְּגֵרוֹת (cf. Am 1:3 sub חרוץ 1, and DrSm).

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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 (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרִיץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2757/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 17:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.18/)

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וְ֠אֵת עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת חֲרִצֵ֤י הֶֽחָלָב֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה תָּבִ֖יא לְשַׂר־הָאָ֑לֶף וְאֶת־אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּפְקֹ֣ד לְשָׁל֔וֹם וְאֶת־עֲרֻבָּתָ֖ם תִּקָּֽח׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.ten the.portions of.(the) milk (the) these you.will.bring to the.commander of the.thousand and (et) brothers your you.will.pay.attention to welfare and (et) pledge their you.will.take

*JPS 1917:* And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge;

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