חָרַקchâraq
gnash or grind the teeth, only in poetry
Pronunciation: khaw-rak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2786
Meanings
Qal: grind the teeth in rage against (Job 16:9; Psalms 112:10; Lamentations 2:16)
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Job 16:9 God hates me and angrily tears me apart. He snaps his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes.
- Psalms 35:16 They mock me and call me names; they snarl at me.
- Psalms 37:12 The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance.
- Psalms 112:10 The wicked will see this and be infuriated. They will grind their teeth in anger; they will slink away, their hopes thwarted.
- Lamentations 2:16 All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say, “We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”
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).