Lexical Definition

‎חֶרֶס‎ chereç (kheh'-res) sun ^H:N-M
or (with a directive enclitic) חַרְסָה charçâh (khar'-saw); from an unused root meaning to scrape; also perhaps from the mediating idea of ‎חַרְסוּת‎

itch, sun.

• the itch
• the sun

1) itch, an eruptive disease
2) sun

Extended Information

• sun

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חֶ֫רֶס‎ noun masculine^{Judg 14:18} sun (Late Hebrew id.) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 9:7 (|| ‎כוכבים‎); with ‎ה‎ epenth. ‎בְּטֶרֶם יָבֹא הַחַ֫רְסָה‎ Judg 14:18 (compare ‎לַיִל‎, ‎לַיְלָה‎) before the sun could go down (but read perhaps ‎הַחַ֫דְרָה‎ into the (bridal) chamber Sta^{ZAW 1884, 253 f f.}).

III. [‎חֶ֫רֶס‎] noun [masculine] an eruptive disease, itch (Aramaic ‎חַרְסָא‎, ; also rough, etc.) — ‎וּבֶחָ֑רֶס‎ Deut 28:27 (|| ‎עפלים‎ Kt, ‎גָּרָב‎). — I, II. ‎חֶרֶס‎ see below ‎חרס‎.

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