Lexical Summary cheres: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd Original Word: חֶרֶשׂTransliteration: cheres Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-res) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd Meaning: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd Strong's Concordance earthen, potsherd, stone A collateral form mediating between cherec and cheresh; a piece of pottery -- earth(-en), (pot-)sherd, + stone. see HEBREW cherec see HEBREW cheresh Brown-Driver-Briggs H2789. cheres חֶ֫רֶשׂ noun [masculine] earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd, P and late (Late Hebrew חֶרֶס, Aramaic חֲרַס) — absolute ׳ח Leviticus 6:21 9t., חָ֑רֶשׂ Numbers 5:17 4t.; plural construct חַרְשֵׂי Isaiah 45:9; suffix חֲרָשֶׂיהָ Ezekiel 23:34. — 1 earthenware: ׳כְּלִיאח earthen vessel Jeremiah 32:14; especially P Leviticus 6:21; 11:33; 14:5, 50; 15:12; Numbers 5:17; without כְּלִי Proverbs 26:23; compare ח יוֺצֵר ׳בַּקְבֻּק Jeremiah 19:1; ח ׳לְנִבְלֵי Lamentations 4:2 they are reckoned as earthen vessels, simile of sons of Zion; אֲדָמָה אֶתחַֿרְשֵׂי חֶרֶשׂ Isaiah 45:9 a potsherd (perhaps = earthen vessel, see Proverbs 26:23 above) among earthen potsherds (of men, over against ׳י their potter); simile of dryness Psalm 22:16. 2 a fragment of earthenware, sherd Isaiah 30:14; Ezekiel 23:34; ׳ח לְהִתְגָּרֵד Job 2:8 a sherd to scrape himself; ח ׳חַדּוּדֵי 41:22 sharpest potsherds, figurative of sharp scales on belly of crocodile. חֲרֶשֶׂת see קִירחֲֿרֶשֶׂת. |
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