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title: חֵרֵשׁ — deaf · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵרֵשׁ (2795), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: deaf. BDB 1906: adj. deaf. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵרֵשׁ

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«חֵרֵשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deaf** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 2795 · **BDB:** חֵרֵשׁ

### Glosses

deaf (3); a.deaf.\[person\] (2); deaf.\[people\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deaf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2795/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. deaf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2795/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. deaf—חֵרֵשׁ (= חִרֵּשׁ) Ex 4:11 + 4 times; pl. חֵרְשִׁים Is 29:18 + 3 times;—deaf, Ex 4:11 (J; ‖ אִלֵּם), ψ 38:14 (‖ id.); also Lv 19:14 (H), Is 29:18; 35:5; 42:18, 19 + v 19 b (for last עִוֵּר, cf. 43:8; GrJQ 1891, Oct. p. 2 v. CheComm., JQ Jan. 1892, 332), 43:8; פֶּ֫תֶן ח׳ ψ 58:5 a deaf adder.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵרֵשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2795/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 35:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.5/)

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אָ֥ז תִּפָּקַ֖חְנָה עֵינֵ֣י עִוְרִ֑ים וְאָזְנֵ֥י חֵרְשִׁ֖ים תִּפָּתַֽחְנָה׃

*Word for word:* then they.will.be.opened \[the\].eyes of.blind.\[people\] and.\[the\] ears of.deaf.\[people\] they.will.be.unstopped

*JPS 1917:* Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

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[Isaiah 42:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.18/)

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הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים שְׁמָ֑עוּ וְהַעִוְרִ֖ים הַבִּ֥יטוּ לִרְאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* O deaf.\[people\] listen and O blind.\[people\] look to see

*JPS 1917:* Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

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