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# חֶרֶשׂ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2789

**earthenware** — used 17 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

earthenware [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2789/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶ֫רֶשׂ: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2789/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd, P and late (NH חֶרֶס, Aramaic חֲרַס)—abs. ח׳ Lv 6:21 + 9 times, חָ֑רֶשׂ Nu 5:17 + 4 times; pl. cstr. חַרְשֵׂי Is 45:9; sf. חֲרָשֶׂיהָ Ez 23:34.— earthenware: כְּלִי־ח׳ earthen vessel Je 32:14; especially P Lv 6:21; 11:33; 14:5, 50; 15:12; Nu 5:17; without כְּלִי Pr 26:23; cf. בַּקְבֻּק יוֹצֵר ח׳ Je 19:1; לְנִבְלֵי ח׳ La 4:2 they are reckoned as earthen vessels, sim. of sons of Zion; חֶרֶשׂ אֶת־חַרְשֵׂי אֲדָמָה Is 45:9 a potsherd (perhaps = earthen vessel, v. Pr 26:23 supr.) among earthen potsherds (of men, over against י׳ their potter); sim. of dryness ψ 22:16. a fragment of earthenware, sherd Is 30:14 Ez 23:34; ה׳ לְהִתְגָּרֵד Jb 2:8 a sherd to scrape himself; חַדּוּדֵי ח׳ Jb 41:22 sharpest potsherds, fig. of sharp scales on belly of crocodile.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of earthenware (8); a potsherd (3); earthenware (3).

## In the verses

[Job 41:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.22/#tree)

תַּ֭חְתָּיו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].under it sharp.points of.potsherd\[s\] it.spreads.out a.threshing.sledge on mud

*JPS 1917:* Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.

[Proverbs 26:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.23/#tree)

כֶּ֣סֶף סִ֭יגִים מְצֻפֶּ֣ה עַל־חָ֑רֶשׂ שְׂפָתַ֖יִם דֹּלְקִ֣ים וְלֶב־רָֽע׃

*Word for word:* silver of.dross(es) overlaid on earthenware lips burning and a.heart evil

*JPS 1917:* Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2789.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2789/): 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).