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title: חַרְסִית — potsherd · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַרְסִית (2777), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: potsherd. BDB 1906: n.f.coll. potsherd. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַרְסִית

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«חַרְסִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **potsherd** — 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:** 2777 · **BDB:** חרסות

### Glosses

the.potsherd (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

potsherd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2777/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.coll. potsherd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2777/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Kt, חַרְסִית Qr n.f.coll. potsherd—פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הַחַרְסִ֯ות Je 19:2, designation of a gate in Jerus.; opening of the gate of potsherds, i. e. where they were thrown (vid. v 10, 11 and Gf); it led into the valley of Hinnom; 𝔊 χαρσ(ε)ιθ favours Qr v. BaldenspergerPEF 1904, 136 on the crushing of potsherds in the Valley of Hinnom.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «חַרְסִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2777/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 19:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.19.2/)

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וְיָצָ֙אתָ֙ אֶל־גֵּ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔ם גֵּ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔םגֵּ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֕ר פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר הַֽחַרְסִ֑ית וְקָרָ֣אתָ שָּׁ֔ם אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁר־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.go.out to the.valley of Ben.Hinnom which \[is.at\].the.entrance of.the.gate of the.potsherd and you.will.proclaim there (et) the words which I.will.speak to you

*JPS 1917:* and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;

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