Lexical Definition

‎חֶרֶס‎ Chereç (kheh'-res) Heres ^N:N--L
the same as ‎חֶרֶס‎; shining

Heres.

• § Heres = "the sun"
• Cheres, a mountain in Palestine

1) a mountain inhabited by Amorites in Moab; the place where Gideon turned back from chasing the Midianites

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II. [‎חֶ֫רֶס‎]

proper name, of a location 1. abode of Amorites, ‎בְּהַרחֶֿרֶס בְּאַיָּלוֺן וּבְשַׁעַלְבִֿים‎ Judg 1:35, since ‎חֶרֶס‎ sun = ‎שֶׁמֶשׁ‎, perhaps = ‎בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ‎

1. (q. v.), so Stu (who proposes ‎עִיר חֶרֶס‎ = ‎עָר‎), Ke Be Bu^{RS 17} Öttli Bla; ᵐ5 ἐν τῷ [ὄρει τοῦ] Μυρσινῶνι (-ος) = ‎הַר הֲדַס‎.

2. place east of Jordan ‎מִלְמַעֲלֵה הֶחָ֑רֶס‎ Judg 8:13 from the ascent of Heres, ᵐ5 Αρες; the point whence Gideon turned back from pursuing Midian; Aq Symm read ‎הֶהָרִים‎ (see Lag^{Onom. 96, 2nd ed. 131}) so SS. — ‎תִּמְנַתחֶֿרֶס‎ Judg 2:9 see below ‎תִּמְנַת‎, √ ‎מנה‎.

III. ‎חֶרֶס‎, ‎חַרְסִית‎, ‎חרסות‎ see below ‎חרשׂ‎.

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