The meaning of “חָרִישׁ”
Understanding chârîysh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
earing (time), ground. - ploughing or its season 1) ploughing, ploughing time
חָרִישׁ
earing (time), ground. - ploughing or its season 1) ploughing, ploughing time
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 45:6 | “For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.” Word: חָרִישׁ (chârîysh) | |
| Exodus 34:21 | “Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.” Word: חָרִישׁ (chârîysh) | |
| 1 Samuel 8:12 | “And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.” Word: חָרִישׁ (chârîysh) |
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