Lexical Definition

‎חָרַךְ‎ chârak (khaw-rak') to roast ^H:V
a primitive root

roast.

• to braid (i.e. to entangle or snare) or catch (game) in anet

1) (Qal) to set in motion, start
2) (CLBL) to roast

See Greek: ἐπιτυγχάνω · κατακαίω · φλογίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎חָרַךְ‎] verb set in motion, start (compare Arabic move, be agitated, II. set in motion) — only Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎לֹאיַֿחֲרֹךְ רְמִיָּה צֵידוֺ‎ Prov 12:27 slackness (i.e. a slack or slothful man) doth not start its game De RVm, compare Now (> Be Ew after Jewish tradition, doth not roast, Aramaic ‎חֲרַךְ‎, scorch, parch).

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