Lexical Definition

‎חֹרֶשׁ‎ chôresh (kho'-resh) Horesh ^N:N--L
from ‎חָרַשׁ‎

bough, forest, shroud, wood.

• a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)

1) wood, wooded height, forest, wooded area

See Greek: πυκνός · χαλκεύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֹ֫רֶשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Ezek 31:3} wood, wooded height (Assyrian —uršu, wooded height COT^Gloss Lyon^{Sargontexte, Gloss} (see also Dl^{Pr 180} Che^{critical note on Isa 17:9}); Late Hebrew ‎חוֺרֶשׁ‎ wood, forest; Aramaic ‎חוּרְשָׁא‎ id.) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Isa 17:9; Ezek 31:3 (but on both see below); ‎חֹ֫רְשָׁה‎ 1Sam 23:16 (see Dr); ‎בַּחֹ֫רְשָׁה‎ 1Sam 23:15; 1Sam 23:18; 1Sam 23:19 plural ‎חֳרָשִׁים‎ 2Chr 27:4 — wooded height 1Sam 23:15 (|| ‎בָּהָר‎ v1Sam 23:14), v1Sam 23:16 v1Sam 23:18, so ‎׳‎‎בַּמְּצָדוֺת בַּח‎ ‎בְּגִבְעַת הַחֲכִילָה‎ v1Sam 23:19 ‎בנה בִּירָנִיּוֺת וּמִגְדָּלִים‎ ‎׳‎‎וּבֶח‎ 2Chr 27:4 and on the wooded heights he built fortresses and towers (|| ‎בְּהַר יְהוּדָה‎); ‎עֲזוּבַת הַחֹרֶשׁ וְהָאָמִיר‎ Isa 17:9 the forsaken places of the wooded heights and summits Ges Ew De Di RV; but read probably ‎החוי והאמרי‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ forsaken places of the Hivites and the Amorites, so ᵐ5 Lag Che Or Brd Du; ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎מֵצַל‎ Ezek 31:3 shade-giving wood or thicket, of close branches of cedar (but sense hardly legitimate; strike out ᵐ5 Co).

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