חֶרֶטchereṭ

graving-tool, stylus

Pronunciation: kheh'-ret · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2747

Meanings

1. graving-tool (Exodus 32:4)

2. stylus (Isaiah 8:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 32:4 Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
  • Isaiah 8:1 Then the Lord said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).