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title: חֲרֵרִים — parched place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲרֵרִים (2788), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: parched place. BDB 1906: parched place. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲרֵרִים

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«חֲרֵרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **parched place** — 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:** 2788 · **BDB:** חָרֵר

### Glosses

parched.places (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

parched place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2788/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

parched place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2788/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] parched place (Arabic حَرَّاتٌ, BdPal. 196), only pl. abs. חֲרֵרִים; ח׳ במדבר Je 17:6 (‖ עֲרָבָה) fig. of life of godless.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲרֵרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2788/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 17:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.6/)

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וְהָיָה֙ כְּעַרְעָ֣ר בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יִרְאֶ֖ה כִּי־יָב֣וֹא ט֑וֹב וְשָׁכַ֤ן חֲרֵרִים֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר אֶ֥רֶץ מְלֵחָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תֵשֵֽׁב׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.be like a.bush in the.desert plain and not he.will.see (dm) it.will.come good and he.will.dwell parched.places in the wilderness a.land of.saltiness and not anyone.dwells

*JPS 1917:* For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

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