King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2782
Transliteration: charats
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cut, sharpen, decide
Meaning: to point sharply, to wound, to be alert, to decide
Word Summary
charats: to cut, sharpen, decide
Original Word: חָרַץTransliteration: charats
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cut, sharpen, decide
Meaning: to point sharply, to wound, to be alert, to decide
Strong's Concordance
bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move A primitive root; properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide -- bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2782. charats
I. חָרַץ verb cut, sharpen, decide (Late Hebrew id., cut in, decide, Aramaic in derivatives; Assyrian —arâƒu, dig, decide, —ariƒu, trench, ZehnpfBAS i. 502; Phoenician חרץ decision, HoffmAGG xxxvi, May 1889, 11) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ח Joshua 10:21; חָרָ֑צְתָּ 1 Kings 20:40; Imperfect יֶחֱרַץֿ Exodus 11:7; 2masculine singular תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ 2 Samuel 5:24; Passive participle חָרוּץ Isaiah 10:22; Leviticus 22:22; plural חֲרוּצִים Job 14:5 (see also חָרוּץ below); —
1 cut, mutilate Leviticus 22:22 (יַבֶּלֶת אוֺ אוֺחָֿרוּץ שָׁבוּר אוֺ עַוֶּרֶת).
2 sharpen, figurative the tongue, יֶח לְ׳לֹא לְשֹׁנוֺ כֶּֿלֶב Exodus 11:7 (J), i.e. utter no sound against Israel, Joshua 10:21.
3 decide 1 Kings 20:40 (absolute); so participle pass ימיו חרוצים Job 14:5 his days are determined, fixed ("" חדשׁיו מִסְמַּר), Isaiah 10:22 ח ׳כִּלָּיוֺן; act with decision 2 Samuel 5:24.
Niph`al Participle נֶחֱרָצָה Isaiah 10:23 3t.; נֶחֱרֶצֶת Daniel 9:26 (both these forms infinitive construct according to BaNB 90); decisive וְנֶח ׳כָּלָה Isaiah 10:23; 28:22; Daniel 9:27 a consumption and strict decision (i.e. that which is strictly determined), נ ׳כי נֶעֱשָׂ֑תָה 11:36; ׳נח שֹׁמֵמוֺת 9:26 strict determining of desolation.