Lexical Definition

‎חֶרֶט‎ chereṭ (kheh'-ret) stylus ^H:N-M
from a primitive root meaning to engrave

graving tool, pen.

• a chisel or graver
• also a style forwriting

1) an engraving tool, stylus, chisel, graving tool
1a) graving tool
1b) stylus

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶ֫רֶט‎ noun [masculine] graving-tool, stylus —

1. graving-tool, with which Aaron fashioned (‎וַיָּצַר‎) the molten calf Exod 32:4 (E).

2. stylus, for writing on tablet (‎גִּלָּיוֺן‎): ‎כְּתֹב עָלָיו בְּחֶרֶט אֱנוֺשׁ‎ Isa 8:1 write on it with a man's (i.e. an ordinary) stylus = in common characters, intelligible to all (see Benz^{Archaeology 290}).

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