H2742A

חָרוּץ

cha.rutsH:A

sharp

adj sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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.

I. חָרוּץ adjective sharp, diligent (on this and following see Ba^{NB 173}) — חָרוּץ Isa 28:27 + 11 t.; plural חֲרוּצִים Prov 10:4; Prov 12:24 חֲרֻצִים Prov 13:4 חֲרֻצוֺת Amos 1:3 —

1. sharp: of threshing instrument חָדָשׁ ׳מוֺרָג ח Isa 41:15 without ׳מ, as substantive, Isa 28:27 (where יוּדַשׁ); הַבַּרְזֶל ׳ח Amos 1:3; Job 41:22 (figurative of crocodile).

2. figurative diligent: as substantive Prov 21:5 opposed to רְמִיָּךְ Prov 10:4; Prov 12:24; Prov 12:27 opposed to עָצֵּל Prov 13:4. — Dan 9:25 see IV. חרוץ.

II. חָרוּץ noun [masculine] strict decision, only עֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ Joel Dan 4:14 (twice in verse) valley of strict decision (see Ba^l.c.).

see חָרוּץ noun masculine^{Prov 8:10} gold, in poetry (Phoenician חרץ, see Dr^{Sm xxviii}; Assyrian —urâƒu) — חָרוּץ Ps 68:14 + 5 t.; gold, always || כֶּסֶף; Zech 9:3, of dove's wings Ps 68:14 ׳בִּירַקְרַק ח; elsewhere in comparison with value of wisdom, etc. Prov 3:14; Prov 8:10 (נִבְחָר ׳ח) vProv 8:19; Prov 16:16.

8 occurrences

Leviticus (1), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (2), Amos (1)