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title: חָרַץ — cut · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרַץ (2782), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: cut. BDB 1906: vb. cut, sharpen, decide. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרַץ

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«חָרַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cut** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 2782 · **BDB:** חָרַץ

### Glosses

\[that.which.has.been\].determined (3); \[are\].determined (2); \[is\].determined (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2782/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cut, sharpen, decide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2782/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut, sharpen, decide (NH id., cut in, decide, Aramaic in deriv.; Assyrian ḫarâṣu, dig, decide, ḫariṣu, trench, ZehnpfundBAS i. 502; Ph. חרץ decision, HoffmAGG xxxvi. May 1889, 11)— Pf. 3 ms. ח׳ Jos 10:21; חָרָ֑צְתָּ 1 K 20:40; Impf. יֶחֱרַץ־ Ex 11:7; 2 ms. תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ 2 S 5:24; Pt. pass. חָרוּץ Is 10:22 Lv 22:22; pl. חֲרוּצִים Jb 14:5 (v. also חָרוּץ infr.)— cut, mutilate Lv 22:22 (עַוֶּרֶת אוֹ שָׁבוּר אוֹ־חָרוּץ אוֹ יַבֶּלֶת). sharpen, fig. the tongue, לֹא יֶח׳־כֶּלֶב לְשֹׁנוֹ לְ Ex 11:7 (J), i.e. utter no sound against Isr., Jos 10:21. decide 1 K 20:40 (abs.); so pt. pass. חרוצים ימיו Jb 14:5 his days are determined, fixed (‖ מִסְפַּר חדשׁיו), Is 10:22 כִּלָּיוֹן ח׳; act with decision 2 S 5:24. Pt. נֶחֱרָצָה Is 10:23 + 3 times; נֶחֱרֶצֶת Dn 9:26 (both these forms inf. cstr. according to BaNB 90); decisive כָּלָה וְנֶח׳ Is 10:23; 28:22 Dn 9:27 a consumption and strict decision (i.e. that which is strictly determined), כי נ׳ נֶעֱשָׂ֑תָה Dn 11:36; נח׳ שֹׁמֵמוֹת Dn 9:26 strict determining of desolation.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2782/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 10:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.23/)

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כִּ֥י כָלָ֖ה וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑ה אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ צְבָא֔וֹת עֹשֶׂ֖ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) complete.destruction and \[that.which.has.been\].determined Lord \[the\] Yahweh of.hosts \[is\].about.to.do in the.midst of.all the land

*JPS 1917:* For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

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[Job 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.5/)

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אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים ׀ יָמָ֗יו מִֽסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁ֥יו אִתָּ֑ךְ חֻקָּ֥יו עָ֝שִׂ֗יתָ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* if \[are\].determined days his the.number his.months his \[is\].with you limits his you.have.appointed and not he.will.pass

*JPS 1917:* Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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