BDB3155 [H2782 H2742]

I. חָרַץ verb cut, sharpen, decide (Late Hebrew id., cut in, decide, Aramaic in derivatives; Assyrian —arâƒu, dig, decide, —ariƒu, trench, Zehnpf^{BAS i. 502}; Phoenician חרץ decision, Hoffm^{AGG xxxvi, May 1889, 11}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ח Josh 10:21 חָרָ֑צְתָּ 1Kgs 20:40 Imperfect יֶחֱרַץֿ Exod 11:7 2 masculine singular תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ 2Sam 5:24 Passive participle חָרוּץ Isa 10:22; Lev 22:22 plural חֲרוּצִים Job 14:5 (see also חָרוּץ below); —

1. cut, mutilate Lev 22:22 (עַוֶּרֶת אוֺ שָׁבוּר אוֺחָֿרוּץ אוֺ יַבֶּלֶת).

2. sharpen, figurative the tongue, כֶּֿלֶב לְשֹׁנוֺ לְ׳לֹא יֶח Exod 11:7 (J), i.e. utter no sound against Israel, Josh 10:21.

3. decide 1Kgs 20:40 (absolute); so participle pass חרוצים ימיו Job 14:5 his days are determined, fixed (|| מִסְפַּר חדשׁיו), Isa 10:22 ׳כִּלָּיוֺן ח; act with decision 2Sam 5:24. Niph`al Participle נֶחֱרָצָה Isa 10:23 + 3 t.; נֶחֱרֶצֶת Dan 9:26 (both these forms infinitive construct according to Ba^{NB 90}); decisive ׳כָּלָה וְנֶח Isa 10:23; Isa 28:22; Dan 9:27 a consumption and strict decision (i.e. that which is strictly determined), נֶעֱשָׂ֑תָה ׳כי נ Dan 11:36 שֹׁמֵמוֺת ׳נח Dan 9:26 strict determining of desolation.

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