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title: חָרִישׁ — ploughing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרִישׁ (2758), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: ploughing. BDB 1906: n.m. ploughing, ploughing-time. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרִישׁ

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«חָרִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ploughing** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2758 · **BDB:** חָרִישׁ

### Glosses

plowing (1); plowing.time (1); time (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ploughing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2758/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ploughing, ploughing-time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2758/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ploughing, ploughing-time—abs. ח׳ וְקָצִיר Gn 45:6 (E) ploughing and harvesting; also (= time of ploughing and harvest) Ex 34:21 (JE); c. sf. as acc. cogn. חָרַשׁ חֲרִישׁוֹ 1 S 8:12 (v. supr. חָרַשׁ 2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2758/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 45:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.45.6/)

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כִּי־זֶ֛ה שְׁנָתַ֥יִם הָרָעָ֖ב בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ וְעוֹד֙ חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־חָרִ֖ישׁ וְקָצִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) this two.years the famine \[has been\].in.the.midst of the.land and still five years when there.\[will.be\].not plowing.time and harvest.time

*JPS 1917:* For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.

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[Exodus 34:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.21/)

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שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲבֹ֔ד וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת בֶּחָרִ֥ישׁ וּבַקָּצִ֖יר תִּשְׁבֹּֽת׃

*Word for word:* six days you.will.labor and on the day (the) seventh you.will.rest at.(the) plowing time and at.(the) harvest time you.will.rest

*JPS 1917:* Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

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