חָרַץchârats
cut, sharpen, decide
Pronunciation: khaw-rats' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2782
Meanings
Qal
1. cut, mutilate (Leviticus 22:22)
2. sharpen (Exodus 11:7; Joshua 10:21)
3. decide (1 Kings 20:40; Job 14:5; Isaiah 10:22)
Niph`al: decisive, strict decision, (i.e. that which is strictly determined) (Isaiah 10:23; Daniel 9:26; Isaiah 28:22)
Same root
- חֲרוּץchărûwts · H2742properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
- חָרִיץchârîyts · H2757properly, incisure or (passively) incised; hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth); also a slice (as cut)
- חֲרַץchărats · H2783the loin (as the seat of strength)
- חַרְצַןchartsan · H2785a sour grape (as sharp in taste)
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 11:7 But among the Israelites it will be so peaceful that not even a dog will bark. Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites.
- Joshua 10:21 Then the Israelites returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. After that, no one dared to speak even a word against Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:24 When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the Lord is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”
- 1 Kings 20:40 But while I was busy doing something else, the prisoner disappeared!” “Well, it’s your own fault,” the king replied. “You have brought the judgment on yourself.”
- Job 14:5 You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.
- Isaiah 10:22 But though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant of them will return. The Lord has rightly decided to destroy his people.
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).