Lexical Definition

‎חֲרָשִׁים‎ Chărâshîym (khar-aw-sheem') (Ge)-harashim ^N:N--L
plural of ‎חָרָשׁ‎

Charashim, craftsmen.

• § Charashim or Harashim = "valley of craftsmen"
• mechanics, the name of a valley in Jerusalem

1) a valley near Lydda, a few miles east of Joppa, founded by Joab of Othniel's family

Extended Information

part of: גַּיְא

• Charashim or Harashim = "valley of craftsmen"
• Combined with gay (‎ג‎ַּ‎י‎ְ‎א‎ "Ge" גַּיְא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: גַּיְא

‎חָרָשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Exod 38:23} graver, artificer (Phoenician ‎חרש‎) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ (= *‎חַרָּשׁ‎) Exod 35:35 + 14 t.; construct ‎חָרַשׁ‎ Exod 28:11 + 2 t.; plural ‎חָֽרָשִׁים‎ Hos 13:2 + 7 t.; ‎חֲרָשִׁים‎ 1Chr 4:14 (twice in verse); Neh 11:35 (see below); construct ‎חָֽרָשֵׁי‎ 2Sam 5:11 + 6 t.; —

1. graver, artificer:
a. worker in metal 1Sam 13:19; Hos 8:6; Hos 13:2; Deut 27:15; Jer 10:9 (|| ‎צֹרֵף‎), Isa 40:19 (|| id.), Isa 54:16; 1Chr 29:5 ‎בַּרְזֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Isa 44:12; 2Chr 24:12 perhaps also Isa 41:7 (+ ‎צֹרֵף‎); apparently = hammer Zech 2:3* (symbolic).
b. worker in wood ‎עֵץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 2Sam 5:11 = 1Chr 14:1 (‎עֵצִים‎), 2Kgs 12:12*; 2Kgs 22:6 = 2Chr 34:11; Jer 10:3; Isa 40:20; Isa 44:13 (see also 1Chr 22:15 below); perhaps also Ezra 3:7; 2Chr 24:12 (both || ‎חצב‎).
c. worker in stone ‎אֶבֶן קִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 2Sam 5:11 = 1Chr 14:1 (omitted ‎אבן‎); also of engraving on gems ‎אבן‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Exod 28:11 (P; || ‎פִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם‎); see also following
d. in general ‎אֶבֶן וָעֵץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Chr 22:15 idol-maker ‎צִירִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Isa 45:16, compare Isa 44:11 (also vIsa 44:12 vIsa 44:13 above), 2Kgs 24:14; 2Kgs 24:16; Jer 24:1; Jer 29:2 (all || ‎מַסְגֵּר‎), Exod 35:35; Exod 38:23 (both P; both || ‎חשֵׁב‎). In ‎גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים‎ 1Chr 4:14, ‎׳‎‎גֵּי הַחֲ‎ Neh 11:35 valley of (the) artificers, and ‎חֲרָשִׁים‎ artificers 1Chr 4:14, ‎ח‎ has ‎ֲ֯‎ exceptionally, see Ol^{§ 183 a} Kö^{ii, § 60. 5}; read ‎חָֽרָשִׁים‎?

2. figurative ‎מַשְׁחִית‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 21:36* men skilled to destroy.

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