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

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«חֶרֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sun** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חֶרֶס · **BDB:** חֶ֫רֶס

### Glosses

sun (1); the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sun [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5e8_5b6_5e1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sun [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5e8_5b6_5e1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 14:18 sun (NH id.)—abs. ח׳ Jb 9:7 (‖ כוכבים); c. ה epenth. בְּטֶרֶם יָבֹא הַחַ֫רְסָה Ju 14:18 (cf. לַיִל, לַיְלָה) before the sun could go down (but read perhaps הַחַ֫דְרָה into the (bridal) chamber StaZAW 1884, 253 ff.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶרֶס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5e8_5b6_5e1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.7/)

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הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כּוֹכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].speaks to the sun and not it.shines and behind \[the\].stars he.puts.a.seal

*JPS 1917:* Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

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[Judges 14:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.14.18/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לוֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה מַה־מָּת֣וֹק מִדְּבַ֔שׁ וּמֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵאֲרִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י לֹ֥א מְצָאתֶ֖ם חִידָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and they.said to him the.men of the.city on the day (the) seventh before it.went (to) the sun what? \[is\].sweet more than.honey and what? \[is\].strong more than.a.lion and he.said to them if.not you.had.plowed with heifer my not you.found.out riddle my

*JPS 1917:* And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them: If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

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