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title: חָרוּץ — sharp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרוּץ (lemma:חָרוּץ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: sharp. BDB 1906: adj. sharp, diligent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרוּץ

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«חָרוּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sharp** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** lemma:חָרוּץ · **BDB:** חָרוּץ

### Glosses

of.diligent.\[people\] (3); a.diligent.\[person\] (1); a.moat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sharp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5d5_5bc_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. sharp, diligent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5d5_5bc_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. sharp, diligent (on this and foll. v. BaNB 173)—חָרוּץ Is 28:27 + 11 times; pl. חֲרוּצִים Pr 10:4; 12:24; חֲרֻצִים Pr 13:4; חֲרֻצוֹת Am 1:3;— sharp: of threshing instrument מוֹרָג ח׳ חָדָשׁ Is 41:15; without מ׳, as subst., 28:27 (where יוּדַשׁ); ח׳ הַבַּרְזֶל Am 1:3; Jb 41:22 (fig. of crocodile). fig. diligent: as subst. Pr 21:5; opp. רְמִיָּה Pr 10:4; 12:24, 27; opp. עָצֵל Pr 13:4.—Dn 9:25 v. iv. חרוץ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרוּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5d5_5bc_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.22/)

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תַּ֭חְתָּיו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].under it sharp.points of.potsherd\[s\] it.spreads.out a.threshing.sledge on mud

*JPS 1917:* Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.

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[Proverbs 10:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.4/)

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רָ֗אשׁ עֹשֶׂ֥ה כַף־רְמִיָּ֑ה וְיַ֖ד חָרוּצִ֣ים תַּעֲשִֽׁיר׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].poor \[one.who\].works a.palm of.slackness and.\[the\] hand of.diligent.\[people\] it.gains.riches

*JPS 1917:* He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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