BDB3182 [H2796 H1516 H2798]

חָרָשׁ noun masculine^{Exod 38:23} graver, artificer (Phoenician חרש) — absolute ׳ח (= *חַרָּשׁ) Exod 35:35 + 14 t.; construct חָרַשׁ Exod 28:11 + 2 t.; plural חָֽרָשִׁים Hos 13:2 + 7 t.; חֲרָשִׁים 1Chr 4:14 (twice in verse); Neh 11:35 (see below); construct חָֽרָשֵׁי 2Sam 5:11 + 6 t.; —

1. graver, artificer:
\ \ a. worker in metal 1Sam 13:19; Hos 8:6; Hos 13:2; Deut 27:15; Jer 10:9 (|| צֹרֵף), Isa 40:19 (|| id.), Isa 54:16; 1Chr 29:5 בַּרְזֶל ׳ח Isa 44:12; 2Chr 24:12 perhaps also Isa 41:7 (+ צֹרֵף); apparently = hammer Zech 2:3 (symbolic).
\ \ b. worker in wood עֵץ ׳ח 2Sam 5:11 = 1Chr 14:1 (עֵצִים), 2Kgs 12:12; 2Kgs 22:6 = 2Chr 34:11; Jer 10:3; Isa 40:20; Isa 44:13 (see also 1Chr 22:15 below); perhaps also Ezra 3:7; 2Chr 24:12 (both || חצב).
\ \ c. worker in stone אֶבֶן קִיר ׳ח 2Sam 5:11 = 1Chr 14:1 (omitted אבן); also of engraving on gems אבן ׳ח Exod 28:11 (P; || פִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם); see also following
\ \ d. in general אֶבֶן וָעֵץ ׳ח 1Chr 22:15 idol-maker צִירִים ׳ח Isa 45:16, compare Isa 44:11 (also vIsa 44:12 vIsa 44:13 above), 2Kgs 24:14; 2Kgs 24:16; Jer 24:1; Jer 29:2 (all || מַסְגֵּר), Exod 35:35; Exod 38:23 (both P; both || חשֵׁב). In גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים 1Chr 4:14, ׳גֵּי הַחֲ Neh 11:35 valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים artificers 1Chr 4:14, ח has ֲ֯ exceptionally, see Ol^{§ 183 a} Kö^{ii, § 60. 5}; read חָֽרָשִׁים?

2. figurative מַשְׁחִית ׳ח Ezek 21:36 men skilled to destroy.

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