Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV Usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָרַשׁ (cha.rash) — to plow/plot. 1) to cut in, plough, engrave, devise 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in, engrave 1a2) to plough 1a3) to devise 1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed 1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil
חָרֵשׁ (cha.resh) — be quiet. 1) to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be deaf 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to be silent, keep quiet 1b2) to make silent 1b3) to be deaf, show deafness 1c) (Hithpael) to remain silent
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָרִישׁ · חָרָשׁ · חֶרֶשׁ · חֲרֹשֶׁת · מַחֲרֵשָׁה
Impact | verb qal | ≈ חרת
to engrave (on stone), to carve (wood) = causative action by which someone makes incised marks on a surface of wood or stone with the help of a sharp and hard tool
Impact | verb qal | ≈ ארך לְמַעֲנִיתָם
to plow = causative action by which someone breaks the soil with the help of a plow, pulled by domestic animals; ► to make it ready for cultivation; ≈ usually regarded as a strenuous task which requires much energy
DEU 22:10 · JDG 14:18 · 1SA 8:12 · 1KI 19:19 · JOB 1:14 · PSA 129:3 · PSA 129:3 · PRO 20:4 · ISA 28:24 · ISA 28:24 · AMO 6:12 · AMO 9:13
Impact | verb nif
to plow > to destroy = causative action by which someone completely destroys an object so that it will not be seen anymore, ◄ in the same way as weeds are plowed under and disappear from view when the soil is turned up
Happen | verb qal | ≈ זרע · קצר
to plow = causative action by which someone causes an entire sequence of events to take place by performing the first event in the sequence; only used for events that are considered morally and ethically unacceptable
Hard | verb qal
to plow > to work hard literally: to plow; hence: = action by which an animal performs a heavy task ◄ comparable to plowing
Professions | verb qal
craftsman = person with the skill to produce an artifact out of rough materials, such as stone, wood, metal
Think | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ יעץ
to plan, to devise, to plot = action by which someone exercises his mind in order to determine a course of action that will achieve a certain purpose; ≈ mostly associated with evil purposes
1SA 23:9 · PRO 3:29 · PRO 6:14 · PRO 6:18 · PRO 12:20 · PRO 14:22 · PRO 14:22
verb · חֵרֵשׁ · חֶרֶשׁ
Able | verb qal
to be deaf, to be unable to hear = state in which humans are unable to perceive with the ears
Non-Speak | Non-Engage | verb qal, verb hit, verb hif
to be silent, to keep silent = action by which humans or deities purposely refrain from responding, either with words or with actions
GEN 24:21 · GEN 34:5 · EXO 14:14 · NUM 30:8 · NUM 30:12 · NUM 30:15 · NUM 30:15 · NUM 30:15 · NUM 30:5 · JDG 16:2 · JDG 18:19 · 1SA 7:8 · 1SA 10:27 · 2SA 13:20 · 2SA 19:11 · 2KI 18:36 · NEH 5:8 · EST 4:14 · EST 4:14 · EST 7:4 · JOB 6:24 · JOB 11:3 · JOB 13:13 · JOB 13:19 · JOB 13:5 · JOB 13:5 · JOB 33:31 · JOB 33:33 · JOB 41:4 · PSA 109:1 · PSA 28:1 · PSA 32:3 · PSA 35:22 · PSA 39:13 · PSA 50:21 · PSA 50:3 · PSA 83:2 · PRO 11:12 · PRO 17:28 · ISA 36:21 · ISA 41:1 · ISA 42:14 · JER 4:19 · JER 38:27 · HAB 1:13 · ZEP 3:17
1 ZEP 3:17 MT HOTTP-B | NIV NJPS "to quiet, soothe" ( = causative) | RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV חדשׁ "renew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָרַשׁ] vb. cut in, engrave, plough, devise Qal cut in, engrave
plough
devise
Niph. Zion, as a field she shall be ploughed
Hiph. fabricating mischief against
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[חָרֵשׁ] vb. 1. be silent, dumb, speechless; 2. be deaf; chiefly poet. Qal be silent, alw. of God’s keeping silence when men pray
be deaf
Hiph. be silent (= exhibit silence)
once causat. make silent
be deaf, shew deafness
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