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title: חָרַךְ — set in motion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרַךְ (2760), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: set in motion. BDB 1906: vb. set in motion, start. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרַךְ

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«חָרַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **set in motion** — 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:** 2760 · **BDB:** חָרַךְ

### Glosses

he.roasts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

set in motion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2760/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. set in motion, start [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2760/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. set in motion, start (cf. Arabic حَرُكَ move, be agitated, ii. set in motion)—only Impf. 3 ms. לֹא־יַחֲרֹךְ רְמִיָּה צֵידוֹ Pr 12:27 slackness (i.e. a slack or slothful man) doth not start its game De RVm, cf. Now (\> Be Ew after Jewish trad., doth not roast, Aramaic חֲרַךְ, ܚܪܰܟ scorch, parch).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2760/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 12:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.27/)

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לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֣ךְ רְמִיָּ֣ה צֵיד֑וֹ וְהוֹן־אָדָ֖ם יָקָ֣ר חָרֽוּץ׃

*Word for word:* not he.roasts slackness game his.hunted and.\[the\] wealth of.a.person precious a.diligent.\[person\]

*JPS 1917:* The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.

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