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חֶ֫רֶשׂ noun [masculine] earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd, P and late (Late Hebrew חֶרֶס, Aramaic חֲרַס) — absolute ׳ ח Lev 6:21 + 9 t., חָ֑רֶשׂ Num 5:17 + 4 t.; plural construct חַרְשֵׂי Isa 45:9 suffix חֲרָשֶׂיהָ Ezek 23:34. —
1.
earthenware:
׳
כְּלִיאח
earthen vessel
Jer 32:14
especially
P
Lev 6:21; Lev 11:33;
Lev 14:5; Lev 14:50;
Lev 15:12;
without כְּלִי
Prov 26:23
compare ׳
בַּקְבֻּק יוֺצֵר ח
Jer 19:1
׳
לְנִבְלֵי ח
Lam 4:2 they are
reckoned as earthen vessels, simile of sons of Zion; חֶרֶשׂ אֶתחַֿרְשֵׂי אֲדָמָה
Isa 45:9
a potsherd (perhaps = earthen vessel, see Prov 26:23 above)
among earthen potsherds (of men, over against ׳
י their potter); simile of dryness Ps 22:16.
2.
a fragment of earthenware, sherd
Isa 30:14;
Ezek 23:34
לְהִתְגָּרֵד
׳
ח
Job 2:8
a sherd to scrape himself; ׳
חַדּוּדֵי ח
Job 41:22
sharpest potsherds, figurative of sharp scales on belly of crocodile.
חֲרֶשֶׂת see קִירחֲֿרֶשֶׂת.