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title: חֶרֶס — an eruptive disease · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶרֶס (2775), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: an eruptive disease. BDB 1906: itch. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶרֶס

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«חֶרֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **an eruptive disease** — 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:** 2775 · **BDB:** חֶ֫רֶס³

### Glosses

scabies (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

an eruptive disease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2775/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

itch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2775/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] an eruptive disease, itch (Aramaic חַרְסָא, ܚܶܪܣܳܐ; also ܚܰܪܘܽܣ rough, etc.)—וּבֶחָ֑רֶס Dt 28:27 (‖ עפלים Kt, גָּרָב),—i, ii. חֶרֶס v. sub חרס.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶרֶס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2775/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.27/)

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יַכְּכָ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה בִּשְׁחִ֤ין מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וּבַטְּחֹרִ֔ים וּבַגָּרָ֖ב וּבֶחָ֑רֶס אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תוּכַ֖ל לְהֵרָפֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* he will.strike.you Yahweh with the.boil\[s\] of.Egypt and with (the) tumors and with.(the) festering rash and with (the) scabies which not you.will.be.able to be.healed

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

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