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Strong's #2796 - חָרָשׁ
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- craftsman, artisan, engraver, graver, artificer
- graver, artificer
- skilful to destroy (warriors) (figuratively)
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2211) srh (ההרסה HhRSh) AC: Scratch CO: Craftsman AB: ?: The craftsman that scratches, or engraves, in wood, stone or metal. [from: lh- sharp]
V) srh (ההרסה HhRSh) - I. Plow:To scratch a line in the soil. II. Devise:To scratch out a plan. III. Silent:[Unknown connection to root;] KJV (73): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael) peace, plow, devise, silence, hold, altogether, plowman, cease, conceal, deaf, graven imagine - Strongs: H2790 (חָרֵשׁ)
Nm) srh (ההרסה HhRSh) - I. Craftsman:One who engraves wood, stone or metal. II. Silent:[Unknown connection to root;] KJV (46): craftsman, artificer, secretly, carpenter, workman, engraver, artificer, smith, maker, skilful, worker, wrought, deaf - Strongs: H2791 (חֶרֶשׁ), H2795 (חֵרֵשׁ), H2796 (חָרָשׁ)
af1) esrhm (מההרסהה MHhRShH) - Mattock: Implement for scratching the soil. KJV (3): mattock, share - Strongs: H4281 (מַחֲרֵשָׁה), H4282 (מַחֲרֶשֶׁת)
bm) sirh (ההריסה HhRYSh) - Plowing: The time of plowing. KJV (3): earring, harvest - Strongs: H2758 (חָרִישׁ)
cf2) tsfrh (ההרוסהת HhRWShT) - Carving: A scratching in stone or wood. KJV (4): cutting, carving - Strongs: H2799 (חֲרֹשֶׁת)
gm) srfh (ההורסה HhWRSh) - I. Craftsman:One who engraves wood, stone or metal. II. Forest:From its wood being used for carving. KJV (8): artificer, wood, forest, bough, shroud - Strongs: H2793 (חֹרֶשׁ), H2794 (חָרַשׁ)
bfm) isirh (ההריסהי HhRYShY) - Hot: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (1): vehement - Strongs: H2759 (חֲרִישִׁי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 graver, artificer:
a. worker in metal 1 Samuel 13:19; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 13:2; Deuteronomy 27:15; Jeremiah 10:9 ("" צֹרֵף), Isaiah 40:19 ("" id.), Isaiah 54:16; 1 Chronicles 29:5; בַּרְזֶל׳ח Isaiah 44:12; 2 Chronicles 24:12; perhaps also Isaiah 41:7 (+ צֹרֵף); apparently = hammer Zechariah 2:3 (symbolic).
b. worker in woodעֵץ ׳ח 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 (עֵצִים), 2 Kings 12:12; 2 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11; Jeremiah 10:3; Isaiah 40:20; Isaiah 44:13 (see also 1 Chronicles 22:15 below); perhaps also Ezra 3:7; 2 Chronicles 24:12 (both "" חצב).
c. worker in stoneאֶבֶן קִיר ׳ח 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 (omitted אבן); also of engraving on gems אבן׳ח Exodus 28:11 (P; "" מִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם); see also following
d. in General אֶבֶן וָעֵץ׳ח 1 Chronicles 22:15; idol-maker צִירִים׳ח Isaiah 45:16, compare Isaiah 44:11 (also Isaiah 44:12; Isaiah 44:13 above), 2 Kings 24:14,16; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2 (all "" מַסְגֵּר), Exodus 35:35; Exodus 38:23 (both P; both "" חשֵׁב). In גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים 1 Chronicles 4:14, ׳גֵּי הַחֲ Nehemiah 11:35 valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים artificers 1 Chronicles 4:14, ח has ֲ֯ exceptionally, see Ol§ 183 a Kö ii, § 60. 5; read חָֽרָשִׁים?
2 figurative מַשְׁחִית׳ח Ezekiel 21:36 men skilled to destroy.
חָרָשׁ (of a form which takes dagesh, for חַדָּשׁ) constr. חָרַשׁ (Exodus 28:11; Isaiah 44:12, 13 Isaiah 44:13 compare פָּרָשׁ constr. פָּרַשׁ Ezekiel 26:10)
(1) an engraver, of stones, Exodus 21:11.
(2) an artificer, of iron, brass, stone, wood [a smith, mason, or carpenter], Exodus 35:35; Deuteronomy 27:15 sometimes more fully, חָרַשׁ בַּרְזֶל an artificer of iron. Isaiah 44:12, חָרַשׁ עֵצִים an artificer of wood, ib. verse 13 Isaiah 44:13; 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1, 22:15. Metaph. חָרָשֵׁי מַשְׁחִית artificer of destruction, Eze. 21:36.