the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Strong's #2752 - חֹרִי
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- Horite = "cave dweller"
- the inhabitants of Mount Seir
- the inhabitants of Edom (in later times)
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חֲרֵי יוֺנים, חֲרֵיהֶם see [ חרא, חרי].
II. חֹרִי, חוֺרִי adjective, usually
proper name, of a people or
person (probably = cave-dweller, so Thes Rob Ges MV VB; see also W Max Müll Asien u. Europa 136,155, 156) —
1. adjective, of a people׳שֵׂעִיר הַח Genesis 36:20 Seir the Horite (P); read ׳הַחִ also Genesis 36:2 for ᵑ0הַחִוִּי
2. proper name, of a people always with article; usually singular collective הַחֹרִיִ, ancient inhabitants of land of Edom Genesis 14:6 (בְּהַרֲרָם שֵׂעִיר); in P called בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֺם Genesis 36:21 (see Genesis 36:20); compare Genesis 36:29; Genesis 36:30; according to Deuteronomy 2:12 (where alone הַחֹרִים), Deuteronomy 2:22 they were driven out by sons of Esau (yet see Genesis 36:1c. and Di); ᵐ5 ὁ Ξορραιος, οἱ Ξορραιοι, ( Genesis 36:29,30 Ξορρ(ε)ι).
3. proper name, masculine person
a.חֹרִי an Edomite Genesis 36:22 = 1 Chronicles 1:39; ᵐ5 Ξορρ(ε)ι.
b.חִוֺרי a Simeonite Numbers 13:5, but ᵐ5 Σουρ(ε)ι, ᵐ5 L Σουδρι. — I. חֹרִי see below I. חור.
חרשׂ (√ of following; compare Arabic 
verb scratch, lacerate, 
irritation, etc.)
