Lexical Definition

‎חֶרֶשׂ‎ cheres (kheh'-res) earthenware ^H:N-M
a collateral form mediating between ‎חֶרֶס‎ and ‎חֶרֶשׁ‎

earth(-en), (pot-) sherd, [phrase] stone.

• a piece of pottery

1) earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel

See Greek: ἥλιος · ὀξύς · ὀστράκινος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶ֫רֶשׂ‎ noun [masculine] earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd, P and late (Late Hebrew ‎חֶרֶס‎, Aramaic ‎חֲרַס‎) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Lev 6:21* + 9 t., ‎חָ֑רֶשׂ‎ Num 5:17 + 4 t.; plural construct ‎חַרְשֵׂי‎ Isa 45:9 suffix ‎חֲרָשֶׂיהָ‎ Ezek 23:34. —

1. earthenware: ‎׳‎‎כְּלִיאח‎ earthen vessel Jer 32:14 especially P Lev 6:21*; Lev 11:33; Lev 14:5; Lev 14:50; Lev 15:12; without ‎כְּלִי‎ Prov 26:23 compare ‎׳‎‎בַּקְבֻּק יוֺצֵר ח‎ Jer 19:1 ‎׳‎‎לְנִבְלֵי ח‎ Lam 4:2 they are reckoned as earthen vessels, simile of sons of Zion; ‎חֶרֶשׂ אֶתחַֿרְשֵׂי אֲדָמָה‎ Isa 45:9 a potsherd (perhaps = earthen vessel, see Prov 26:23 above) among earthen potsherds (of men, over against ‎׳‎‎י‎ their potter); simile of dryness Ps 22:16*.

2. a fragment of earthenware, sherd Isa 30:14; Ezek 23:34 ‎לְהִתְגָּרֵד‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 2:8 a sherd to scrape himself; ‎׳‎‎חַדּוּדֵי ח‎ Job 41:22* sharpest potsherds, figurative of sharp scales on belly of crocodile.

‎חֲרֶשֶׂת‎ see ‎קִירחֲֿרֶשֶׂת‎.

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