BDB3178 [H2789]

חֶ֫רֶשׂ noun [masculine] earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd, P and late (Late Hebrew חֶרֶס, Aramaic חֲרַס) — absolute ׳ח Lev 6:21 + 9 t., חָ֑רֶשׂ Num 5:17 + 4 t.; plural construct חַרְשֵׂי Isa 45:9 suffix חֲרָשֶׂיהָ Ezek 23:34. —

1. earthenware: ׳כְּלִיאח earthen vessel Jer 32:14 especially P Lev 6:21; Lev 11:33; Lev 14:5; Lev 14:50; Lev 15:12; without כְּלִי Prov 26:23 compare ׳בַּקְבֻּק יוֺצֵר ח Jer 19:1 ׳לְנִבְלֵי ח Lam 4:2 they are reckoned as earthen vessels, simile of sons of Zion; חֶרֶשׂ אֶתחַֿרְשֵׂי אֲדָמָה Isa 45:9 a potsherd (perhaps = earthen vessel, see Prov 26:23 above) among earthen potsherds (of men, over against ׳י their potter); simile of dryness Ps 22:16.

2. a fragment of earthenware, sherd Isa 30:14; Ezek 23:34 לְהִתְגָּרֵד ׳ח Job 2:8 a sherd to scrape himself; ׳חַדּוּדֵי ח Job 41:22 sharpest potsherds, figurative of sharp scales on belly of crocodile.

חֲרֶשֶׂת see קִירחֲֿרֶשֶׂת.

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