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# חָרִיץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2757

**a cut** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

a cut [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2757/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָרִיץ: n.m. cut, thing cut, sharp instrument [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2757/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 17:18 a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument;—pl. cstr. חֲרִיצֵי 1 S 17:18 1 Ch 20:3; חֲרִצֵי 2 S 12:31;— ח׳ הֶחָלָב 1 S 17:18 cuts of milk i. e. cheeses. sharp instr. of iron, 2 S 12:31 = 1 Ch 20:3 בַּמְּגֵרָה ובח׳ הַבַּרְזֶל וּבַמְּגֵרוֹת (cf. Am 1:3 sub חרוץ 1, and DrSm).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the portions (1).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 17:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.18/#tree)

וְ֠אֵת עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת חֲרִצֵ֤י הֶֽחָלָב֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה תָּבִ֖יא לְשַׂר־הָאָ֑לֶף וְאֶת־אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּפְקֹ֣ד לְשָׁל֔וֹם וְאֶת־עֲרֻבָּתָ֖ם תִּקָּֽח׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.ten the.portions of.(the) milk (the) these you.will.bring to the.commander of the.thousand and (et) brothers your you.will.pay.attention to welfare and (et) pledge their you.will.take

*JPS 1917:* And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2757.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2757/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).