חָרִיץ
chârîyts · khaw-reets'
properly, incisure or (passively) incised; hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth); also a slice (as cut)
Lexicon
Derivation: or חֲרִץ; from H2782 (חָרַץ); (compare H2742 (חֲרוּץ))
properly, incisure or (passively) incised; hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth); also a slice (as cut)
- properly, incisure or (passively) incised
- hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth)
- also, a slice (as cut)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] cheese, harrow.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to pursue the straight path
To separate and protect of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרִיץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- cheeses1 · 33%
- and under harrows1 · 33%
- and with harrows1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.