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title: חָרָשׁ — graver · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרָשׁ (2796), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: graver. BDB 1906: n.m. graver, artificer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרָשׁ

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«חָרָשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **graver** — 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:** 37 times · **Key:** 2796 · **BDB:** חָרָשׁ

### Glosses

craftsmen (15); a.craftsman (8); craftsman (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

graver [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2796/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. graver, artificer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2796/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 38:23 graver, artificer (Ph. חרש)—abs. ח׳ (= חַרָּשׁ) Ex 35:35 + 14 times; cstr. חָרַשׁ Ex 28:11 + 2 times; pl. חָֽרָשִׁים Ho 13:2 + 7 times; חֲרָשִׁים 1 Ch 4:14(×2) Ne 11:35 (v. infr.); cstr. חָֽרָשֵׁי 2 S 5:11 + 6 times;— graver, artificer: worker in metal 1 S 13:19 Ho 8:6; 13:2 Dt 27:15 Je 10:9 (‖ צֹרֵף), Is 40:19 (‖ id.), 54:16 1 Ch 29:5; ח׳ בַּרְזֶל Is 44:12 2 Ch 24:12; perhaps also Is 41:7 (+ צֹרֵף); appar. = hammerer Zc 2:3 (symbol.). worker in wood ח׳ עֵץ 2 S 5:11 = 1 Ch 14:1 (עֵצִים), 2 K 12:12; 22:6 = 2 Ch 34:11, Je 10:3 Is 40:20; 44:13 (v. also 1 Ch 22:15 infr.); perhaps also Ezr 3:7 2 Ch 24:12 (both ‖ חצב). worker in stone ח׳ אֶבֶן קִיר 2 S 5:11 = 1 Ch 14:1 (om. אבן); also of engraving on gems ח׳ אבן Ex 28:11 (P; ‖ פִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם); see also foll. in gen. ח׳ אֶבֶן וָעֵץ 1 Ch 22:15; idol-maker ח׳ צִירִים Is 45:16, cf. 44:11 (also v 12, 13 supr.), 2 K 24:14, 16 Je 24:1; 29:2 (all ‖ מַסְגֵּר), Ex 35:35; 38:23 (both P; both ‖ חֹשֵׁב). In גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים 1 Ch 4:14, גֵּי הַחֲ׳ Ne 11:35 valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים artificers 1 Ch 4:14, ח has—ֲ exceptionally, v. Ol§ 183 a Köii § 60. 5; read חָֽרָשִׁים? fig. ח׳ מַשְׁחִית Ez 21:36 men skilled to destroy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרָשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2796/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.2.3/)

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וַיַּרְאֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֖ה חָרָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* and he showed.me Yahweh four craftsmen

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

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[Isaiah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.3/)

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שַׂר־חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וּנְשׂ֣וּא פָנִ֑ים וְיוֹעֵ֛ץ וַחֲכַ֥ם חֲרָשִׁ֖ים וּנְב֥וֹן לָֽחַשׁ׃

*Word for word:* commander of.fifty and \[one.who.is\].uplifted of.face and counselor and.\[one\] skillful of.magic.arts and \[one.who\].has.understanding of.charming

*JPS 1917:* The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.

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