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# חַרְסִית

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2777

**potsherd** — 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

potsherd [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2777/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חרסות: n.f.coll. potsherd [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2777/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** Kt, חַרְסִית Qr n.f.coll. potsherd—פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הַחַרְסִ֯ות Je 19:2, designation of a gate in Jerus.; opening of the gate of potsherds, i. e. where they were thrown (vid. v 10, 11 and Gf); it led into the valley of Hinnom; 𝔊 χαρσ(ε)ιθ favours Qr v. BaldenspergerPEF 1904, 136 on the crushing of potsherds in the Valley of Hinnom.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 19:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.19.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.19.2/#tree)

וְיָצָ֙אתָ֙ אֶל־גֵּ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔ם גֵּ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔םגֵּ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֕ר פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר הַֽחַרְסִ֑ית וְקָרָ֣אתָ שָּׁ֔ם אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁר־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.go.out to the.valley of Ben.Hinnom which \[is.at\].the.entrance of.the.gate of the.potsherd and you.will.proclaim there (et) the words which I.will.speak to you

*JPS 1917:* and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2777/): 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).