H2747

חֶ֫רֶט

che.retH:N-M

stylus

1) an engraving tool, stylus, chisel, graving tool 1a) graving tool 1b) stylus

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חֶ֫רֶט noun [masculine] graving-tool, stylus —

1. graving-tool, with which Aaron fashioned (וַיָּצַר) the molten calf Exod 32:4 (E).
2. stylus, for writing on tablet (גִּלָּיוֺן): כְּתֹב עָלָיו בְּחֶרֶט אֱנוֺשׁ Isa 8:1 write on it with a man's (i.e. an ordinary) stylus = in common characters, intelligible to all (see BenzArchaeology 290).


2 occurrences

Exodus (1), Isaiah (1)