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# חֶרֶס

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2776

**Heres** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Heres [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2776/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶ֫רֶס²: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2776/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. abode of Amorites, בְּהַר־חֶרֶס בְּאַיָּלוֹן וּבְשַׁעַלְבִֿים Ju 1:35, since חֶרֶס sun = שֶׁמֶשׁ, perhaps = בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ 1. (q.v.), so Stu (who proposes עִיר חֶרֶס = עָר), Ke Be BuRS17 Öt Bla 𝔊 ἐν τῷ \[ὄρει τοῦ\] Μυρσινῶνι(-ος) = הַר הֲדַס. place E. of Jordan מִלְמַעֲלֵה הֶחָ֑רֶס Ju 8:13 from the ascent of Ḥeres, 𝔊 Αρες; the point whence Gideon turned back from pursuing Midian; Aq Symm read הֶהָרִים (v. LagOnom. 96, 2nd ed. 131) so SS.—תִּמְנַת־חֶרֶס Ju 2:9 v. sub תִּמְנַת, √ מנה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Judges 8:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.13/#tree)

וַיָּ֛שָׁב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ מִן־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה הֶחָֽרֶס׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned Gideon the.son of.Joash from the battle from to the.ascent of.(the) Heres

*JPS 1917:* And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

[Judges 1:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.35/#tree)

וַיּ֤וֹאֶל הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת בְּהַר־חֶ֔רֶס בְּאַיָּל֖וֹן וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֑ים וַתִּכְבַּד֙ יַ֣ד בֵּית־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיִּהְי֖וּ לָמַֽס׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.determined the Amorite\[s\] to dwell in the.mountain of.Heres in Aijalon and in Shaalbim and it.was.heavy the.hand of.the.house of.Joseph and they.became (into).forced labor

*JPS 1917:* But the Amorites were resolved to dwell in Harheres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributary.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2776.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2776/): 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).