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title: חֲרֹשֶׁת — carving · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲרֹשֶׁת (2799), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: carving. BDB 1906: n.f. carving, skilful working. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲרֹשֶׁת

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«חֲרֹשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **carving** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2799 · **BDB:** חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת

### Glosses

carving (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

carving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2799/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. carving, skilful working [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2799/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. carving, skilful working, only cstr. חֲרֹשֶׁת עֵץ Ex 31:5; 35:33; ח׳ אֶבֶן 31:5; 35:33.—ii. חֲרֹשֶׁת v. p. 361 infr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲרֹשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2799/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 31:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.31.5/)

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וּבַחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת אֶ֛בֶן לְמַלֹּ֖את וּבַחֲרֹ֣שֶׁת עֵ֑ץ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת בְּכָל־מְלָאכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and in carving of.stone to fill and in carving of.wood to work in all workmanship

*JPS 1917:* and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.

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[Exodus 35:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.33/)

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וּבַחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת אֶ֛בֶן לְמַלֹּ֖את וּבַחֲרֹ֣שֶׁת עֵ֑ץ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת בְּכָל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת מַחֲשָֽׁבֶת׃

*Word for word:* and in carving of.stone to fill and in carving of.wood to work in all workmanship of.design

*JPS 1917:* and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

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