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title: חֶרֶס — Heres · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶרֶס (2776), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Heres. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶרֶס

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«חֶרֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Heres** — 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:** 2776 · **BDB:** חֶ֫רֶס²

### Glosses

Heres (1); of.Heres (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Heres [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2776/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2776/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. abode of Amorites, בְּהַר־חֶרֶס בְּאַיָּלוֹן וּבְשַׁעַלְבִֿים Ju 1:35, since חֶרֶס sun = שֶׁמֶשׁ, perhaps = בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ 1. (q.v.), so Stu (who proposes עִיר חֶרֶס = עָר), Ke Be BuRS17 Öt Bla 𝔊 ἐν τῷ \[ὄρει τοῦ\] Μυρσινῶνι(-ος) = הַר הֲדַס. place E. of Jordan מִלְמַעֲלֵה הֶחָ֑רֶס Ju 8:13 from the ascent of Ḥeres, 𝔊 Αρες; the point whence Gideon turned back from pursuing Midian; Aq Symm read הֶהָרִים (v. LagOnom. 96, 2nd ed. 131) so SS.—תִּמְנַת־חֶרֶס Ju 2:9 v. sub תִּמְנַת, √ מנה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1495/2776/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.13/)

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וַיָּ֛שָׁב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ מִן־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה הֶחָֽרֶס׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned Gideon the.son of.Joash from the battle from to the.ascent of.(the) Heres

*JPS 1917:* And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

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[Judges 1:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.35/)

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וַיּ֤וֹאֶל הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת בְּהַר־חֶ֔רֶס בְּאַיָּל֖וֹן וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֑ים וַתִּכְבַּד֙ יַ֣ד בֵּית־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיִּהְי֖וּ לָמַֽס׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.determined the Amorite\[s\] to dwell in the.mountain of.Heres in Aijalon and in Shaalbim and it.was.heavy the.hand of.the.house of.Joseph and they.became (into).forced labor

*JPS 1917:* But the Amorites were resolved to dwell in Harheres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributary.

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