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title: חָרַם — slit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרַם (lemma:חָרַם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: slit. BDB 1906: vb. slit mutilate. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרַם

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«חָרַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slit** — 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:חָרַם · **BDB:** חָרַם²

### Glosses

having.a.slit.nose (1); he.will.divide (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. slit mutilate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. slit (nose, lip, ear, etc.), mutilate, especially face (Arabic خَرَمَ perforate, pierce, slit the partition between the nostrils, or the lip, or the lobe of the ear)— Pt. pass. אִישׁ עִוֵּר אוֹ פִּסֵּחַ אוֹ חָרֻם אוֹ שָׂרוּעַ a man blind or lame or mutilated in the face (in nose, lip, ear, etc.), or too long in a limb Lv 21:18 (H), v. Di (Kn).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «חָרַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 21:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.18/)

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כִּ֥י כָל־אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־בּ֥וֹ מ֖וּם לֹ֣א יִקְרָ֑ב אִ֤ישׁ עִוֵּר֙ א֣וֹ פִסֵּ֔חַ א֥וֹ חָרֻ֖ם א֥וֹ שָׂרֽוּעַ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) any man whom \[is\].in him a.blemish not he.will.draw.near a.man blind or lame or having.a.slit.nose or having.something.enlarged

*JPS 1917:* For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath any thing maimed, or anything too long,

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[Isaiah 11:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.11.15/)

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וְהֶחֱרִ֣ים יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֚ת לְשׁ֣וֹן יָם־מִצְרַ֔יִם וְהֵנִ֥יף יָד֛וֹ עַל־הַנָּהָ֖ר בַּעְיָ֣ם רוּח֑וֹ וְהִכָּ֙הוּ֙ לְשִׁבְעָ֣ה נְחָלִ֔ים וְהִדְרִ֖יךְ בַּנְּעָלִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.divide Yahweh (et) the.tongue of.the.sea of.Egypt and he.will.brandish hand his on the River with the.heat his.wind his and he will.strike.it into seven wadis and he.will.make.walk in (the) sandals

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with His scorching wind will He shake His hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dry-shod.

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