Lexical Definition

‎חָרַץ‎ chârats (khaw-rats') to decide ^H:V
a primitive root

bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move.

• properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound
• figuratively, to be alert, to decide

1) to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to cut, mutilate
1a2) to sharpen
1a3) to decide
1b) (Niphal) to be decisive

See Greek: καταβαίνω · συντέμνω

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Also see: חֲרוּץ

I. ‎חָרַץ‎ verb cut, sharpen, decide (Late Hebrew id., cut in, decide, Aramaic in derivatives; Assyrian —arâƒu, dig, decide, —ariƒu, trench, Zehnpf^{BAS i. 502}; Phoenician ‎חרץ‎ decision, Hoffm^{AGG xxxvi, May 1889, 11}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Josh 10:21 ‎חָרָ֑צְתָּ‎ 1Kgs 20:40 Imperfect ‎יֶחֱרַץֿ‎ Exod 11:7 2 masculine singular ‎תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ‎ 2Sam 5:24 Passive participle ‎חָרוּץ‎ Isa 10:22; Lev 22:22 plural ‎חֲרוּצִים‎ Job 14:5 (see also ‎חָרוּץ‎ below); —

1. cut, mutilate Lev 22:22 (‎עַוֶּרֶת אוֺ שָׁבוּר‎ ‎אוֺחָֿרוּץ אוֺ יַבֶּלֶת‎).

2. sharpen, figurative the tongue, ‎כֶּֿלֶב לְשֹׁנוֺ לְ‎‎׳‎‎לֹא יֶח‎ Exod 11:7 (J), i.e. utter no sound against Israel, Josh 10:21.

3. decide 1Kgs 20:40 (absolute); so participle pass ‎חרוצים ימיו‎ Job 14:5 his days are determined, fixed (|| ‎מִסְפַּר חדשׁיו‎), Isa 10:22 ‎׳‎‎כִּלָּיוֺן ח‎; act with decision 2Sam 5:24. Niph`al Participle ‎נֶחֱרָצָה‎ Isa 10:23 + 3 t.; ‎נֶחֱרֶצֶת‎ Dan 9:26 (both these forms infinitive construct according to Ba^{NB 90}); decisive ‎׳‎‎כָּלָה וְנֶח‎ Isa 10:23; Isa 28:22; Dan 9:27 a consumption and strict decision (i.e. that which is strictly determined), ‎נֶעֱשָׂ֑תָה‎ ‎׳‎‎כי נ‎ Dan 11:36 ‎שֹׁמֵמוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎נח‎ Dan 9:26 strict determining of desolation.

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