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title: חֶרְמֵשׁ — sickle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶרְמֵשׁ (2770), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sickle. BDB 1906: sickle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶרְמֵשׁ

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«חֶרְמֵשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sickle** — 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:** 2770 · **BDB:** חֶרְמֵשׁ

### Glosses

a.sickle (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sickle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2770/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sickle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2770/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sickle (on form v. Ges§ 85 xii. 55)—Dt 16:9; 23:26.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶרְמֵשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2770/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.16.9/)

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שִׁבְעָ֥ה שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת תִּסְפָּר־לָ֑ךְ מֵהָחֵ֤ל חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ בַּקָּמָ֔ה תָּחֵ֣ל לִסְפֹּ֔ר שִׁבְעָ֖ה שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* seven weeks you.will.count for yourself from when.begins a.sickle in the.standing grain you.will.begin to count seven weeks

*JPS 1917:* Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.

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[Deuteronomy 23:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.26/)

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כִּ֤י תָבֹא֙ בְּקָמַ֣ת רֵעֶ֔ךָ וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ מְלִילֹ֖ת בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָנִ֔יף עַ֖ל קָמַ֥ת רֵעֶֽךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.go in the.standing.grain your.neighbor your and you.will.pluck.off ears.of.corn with hand your and a.sickle not you.will.wield on the.standing.grain your.neighbor your

*JPS 1917:* When thou comest into thy neighbour's standing corn, then thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

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