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title: חֶרֶת — Hereth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶרֶת (2802), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Hereth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶרֶת

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«חֶרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hereth** — 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:** 2802 · **BDB:** חֶרֶת

### Glosses

of.Hereth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hereth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2802/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2802/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc., only in יַעַר חָ֑רֶת 1 S 22:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2802/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.22.5/)

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וַיֹּאמֶר֩ גָּ֨ד הַנָּבִ֜יא אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד לֹ֤א תֵשֵׁב֙ בַּמְּצוּדָ֔ה לֵ֥ךְ וּבָֽאתָ־לְּךָ֖ אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיָּבֹ֖א יַ֥עַר חָֽרֶת׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said Gad the prophet to David not you.must.remain in the stronghold go and you.will.go (for yourself the.land of.Judah and he.went David and he.came the.forest of.Hereth

*JPS 1917:* And the prophet Gad said unto David: 'Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah.' Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

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