The meaning of “חָרַץ”
Understanding chârats reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move. - properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound - figurative...
חָרַץ
bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move. - properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound - figuratively, to be alert, to decide 1) to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to cut, mutilate 1a2) to sharpen 1a3) to decide 1b) (Niphal) to be decisive
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 11:7 | “But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.” Word: חָרַץ (chârats) | |
| Leviticus 22:22 | “Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord.” Word: חָרַץ (chârats) | |
| Joshua 10:21 | “And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.” Word: חָרַץ (chârats) | |
| 2 Samuel 5:24 | “And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.” Word: חָרַץ (chârats) | |
| 1 Kings 20:40 | “And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.” Word: חָרַץ (chârats) |
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