חָרַץ
chârats · khaw-rats'
properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide
- properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound
- figuratively, to be alert, to decide
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move.
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
- 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 › to pursue the straight path
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרַץ 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- are determined2 · 17%
- even determined2 · 17%
- move1 · 8%
- or maimed1 · 8%
- none moved1 · 8%
- that then thou shalt bestir1 · 8%
- be; thyself hast decided1 · 8%
- decreed1 · 8%
- and that determined1 · 8%
- for that that is determined1 · 8%
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.