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

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«חָרִיץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a cut** — 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:חָרִיץ · **BDB:** חָרִיץ

### Glosses

picks (1); the.picks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a cut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b4_5d9_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cut, thing cut, sharp instrument [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b4_5d9_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 17:18 a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument;—pl. cstr. חֲרִיצֵי 1 S 17:18 1 Ch 20:3; חֲרִצֵי 2 S 12:31;— ח׳ הֶחָלָב 1 S 17:18 cuts of milk i. e. cheeses. sharp instr. of iron, 2 S 12:31 = 1 Ch 20:3 בַּמְּגֵרָה ובח׳ הַבַּרְזֶל וּבַמְּגֵרוֹת (cf. Am 1:3 sub חרוץ 1, and DrSm).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרִיץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b4_5d9_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 20:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.20.3/)

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וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֨שַׂר בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י הַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת וְכֵן֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָוִ֔יד לְכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֣י בְנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן וַיָּ֧שָׁב דָּוִ֛יד וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and (et) the people which \[was\].in it he.brought.out and he.sawed with (the) saw and with.(the) picks of.(the) iron and with (the) saws and thus he.did David to all the.cities of.the.people of.Ammon and he.returned David and all the people Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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[2 Samuel 12:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.31/)

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וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֣שֶׂם בַּ֠מְּגֵרָה וּבַחֲרִצֵ֨י הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל וּֽבְמַגְזְרֹ֣ת הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר אוֹתָם֙ בַּמַּלְבֵּ֔ן וְכֵ֣ן יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֑וֹן וַיָּ֧שָׁב דָּוִ֛ד וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and (et) the people which \[was\].in it he.brought.out and he.set.\[them\] at the saw\[s\] and at the.picks of.(the) iron and at the.axes of.(the) iron and he.caused.to.pass them in the brick-mold\[s\] and thus he.did to all the.cities of.the.people of.Ammon and he.returned David and all the people Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

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