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חָרָשׁ noun masculine Exod 38:23 graver, artificer (Phoenician חרש) — absolute ׳ ח (= *חַרָּשׁ) Exod 35:35 + 14 t.; construct חָרַשׁ Exod 28:11 + 2 t.; plural חָֽרָשִׁים Hos 13:2 + 7 t.; חֲרָשִׁים 1Chr 4:14 (twice in verse); Neh 11:35 (see below); construct חָֽרָשֵׁי 2Sam 5:11 + 6 t.; —
1.
graver, artificer:
a. worker in metal 1Sam 13:19; Hos 8:6; Hos 13:2; Deut 27:15; Jer 10:9 (|| צֹרֵף
),
Isa 40:19 (||
id.), Isa 54:16; 1Chr 29:5
בַּרְזֶל
׳
ח
Isa 44:12
;
2Chr 24:12
perhaps also
Isa 41:7 (+ צֹרֵף); apparently = hammer Zech 2:3 (symbolic).
b. worker
in wood עֵץ
׳
ח
2Sam 5:11
=
1Chr 14:1
(
עֵצִים), 2Kgs 12:12; 2Kgs 22:6 = 2Chr 34:11; Jer 10:3; Isa 40:20; Isa 44:13
(see also 1Chr 22:15
below); perhaps also
Ezra 3:7; 2Chr 24:12 (both || חצב).
c. worker in
stone אֶבֶן קִיר
׳
ח
2Sam 5:11
=
1Chr 14:1
(omitted אבן); also of engraving on gems אבן
׳
ח
Exod 28:11
(
P
; || פִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם); see also following
d. in general
אֶבֶן וָעֵץ
׳
ח
1Chr 22:15
idol-maker
צִירִים
׳
ח
Isa 45:16
,
compare Isa
44:11 (also Isa 44:12 Isa 44:13 above), 2Kgs 24:14; 2Kgs 24:16; Jer 24:1;
Jer 29:2
(all ||
מַסְגֵּר), Exod 35:35; Exod 38:23 (both
P
; both || חשֵׁב). In גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים
1Chr 4:14
,
׳
גֵּי הַחֲ
Neh 11:35
valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים
artificers
1Chr 4:14
,
ח has ֲ֯ exceptionally, see Ol§ 183
a
Köii, § 60. 5; read חָֽרָשִׁים?
2.
figurative
מַשְׁחִית
׳
ח
Ezek 21:36
men skilled to destroy.