חָרַשׁchârash
חָרַשׁ: cut in, engrave, plough, devise
Pronunciation: khaw-rash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2790
Meanings
Qal: passive (Psalms 129:3; Judges 14:18; Hosea 10:13)
1. cut in, engrave (Genesis 4:22; 1 Kings 7:14; Jeremiah 17:1)
2. plough, literally (1 Kings 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:10; Isaiah 28:24)
3. devise, (as one who works in, practises), usually bad sense (Proverbs 3:29; Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 6:18)
Niph`al: shall be ploughed (Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 26:18)
Hiph`il: fabricating mischief against (1 Samuel 23:9)
חָרֵשׁ: 1. be silent, dumb, speechless
2. make deaf, be dumb, deaf
Qal
1. be silent, always of God's keeping silence when men pray (Psalms 35:22; Psalms 50:3; Psalms 83:2)
2. be deaf (Psalms 28:1; Micah 7:16)
Hiph`il
1. be silent, (= exhibit silence)
a. almost always of men (Genesis 24:21; Genesis 34:5; Exodus 14:14)
b. rarely of God, permitting evil in silence (Habakkuk 1:13; Isaiah 42:14; Psalms 50:21)
2. make silent, once causative (Job 11:3)
3. be deaf, shew deafness (1 Samuel 7:8)
Hithpa`el: and they kept quiet (Judges 16:2)
Same root
- חָרִישׁchârîysh · H2758ploughing or its season
- חֲרִישִׁיchărîyshîy · H2759quiet, i.e. sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind)
- חֶרֶשׁcheresh · H2791magical craft; also silence
- חֹרֶשׁchôresh · H2793a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)
- חֹרֵשׁchôrêsh · H2794a fabricator or mechanic
- חֵרֵשׁchêrêsh · H2795deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
- חָרָשׁchârâsh · H2796a fabricator or any material
- חֲרֹשֶׁתchărôsheth · H2799mechanical work
Where it appears
Appears 74 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:22 Lamech’s other wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.
- Genesis 24:21 The servant watched her in silence, wondering whether or not the Lord had given him success in his mission.
- Genesis 34:5 Soon Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter, Dinah. But since his sons were out in the fields herding his livestock, he said nothing until they returned.
- Exodus 14:14 The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”
- Numbers 30:4 and her father hears of the vow or pledge and does not object to it, then all her vows and pledges will stand.
- Numbers 30:7 If her husband learns of her vow or pledge and does not object on the day he hears of it, her vows and pledges will stand.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:22, 24:21, 34:5
- Exodus 14:14
- Numbers 30:4, 30:7, 30:11, 30:14
- Deuteronomy 22:10
- Judges 14:18, 16:2, 18:19
- 1 Samuel 7:8, 8:12, 10:27, 23:9
- 2 Samuel 13:20, 19:10
- 1 Kings 7:14, 19:19
- 2 Kings 18:36
- Nehemiah 5:8
- Esther 4:14, 7:4
- Job 1:14, 4:8, 6:24, 11:3, 13:5, 13:13, 13:19, 33:31, 33:33, 41:12
- Psalms 28:1, 32:3, 35:22, 39:12, 50:3, 50:21, 83:1, 109:1, 129:3
- Proverbs 3:29, 6:14, 6:18, 11:12, 12:20, 14:22, 17:28, 20:4
- Isaiah 28:24, 36:21, 41:1, 42:14
- Jeremiah 4:19, 17:1, 26:18, 38:27
- Hosea 10:11, 10:13
- Amos 6:12, 9:13
- Micah 3:12, 7:16
- Habakkuk 1:13
- Zephaniah 3:17
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).