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title: חֵרֶם — net · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵרֶם (lemma:חֵרֶם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: net. BDB 1906: n.m. net. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵרֶם

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«חֵרֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **net** — 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:** lemma:חֵרֶם · **BDB:** חֵ֫רֶם²

### Glosses

net (4); nets (2); of.nets (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5e8_5b6_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5e8_5b6_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. net (as something perforated; cf. Arabic مُخَرَّمٌ perforated work, Fl in NHWBii. 208; NH חֵרֶם net; Ph. חרם maker of nets)—abs. ח׳ Mi 7:2; sf. חֶרְמִי Ez 32:3, חֶרְמוֹ Hb 1:15, 16, 17; pl. חֲרָמִים Ec 7:26 Ez 26:5, 14; 47:10;—hunter’s net Mi 7:2 Ec 7:26; fisherman’s net Ez 26:5, 14; 32:3; 47:10 Hb 1:15, 16, 17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵרֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5e8_5b6_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.1.17/)

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הַ֥עַל כֵּ֖ן יָרִ֣יק חֶרְמ֑וֹ וְתָמִ֛יד לַהֲרֹ֥ג גּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יַחְמֽוֹל׃ס

*Word for word:* ? there- fore will.he.empty net his and continually to kill nations not will.he.spare?

*JPS 1917:* Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?

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[Ezekiel 26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.14/)

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וּנְתַתִּ֞יךְ לִצְחִ֣יחַ סֶ֗לַע מִשְׁטַ֤ח חֲרָמִים֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִבָּנֶ֖ה ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and I will.make.you into bareness of.rock a.spreading.place of.nets you.will.be not you.will.be.built again (dm) I Yahweh I.have.spoken the.utterance Lord of.\[the\] Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets, thou shalt be built no more; for I the LORD have spoken, saith the Lord GOD.

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