Lexical Summary charits: a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument Original Word: חָרִיץTransliteration: charits Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-reets') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument Meaning: incisure, incised, a threshing-sledge, a slice Strong's Concordance cheese, harrow Or charits {khaw-reets'}; from charats; properly, incisure or (passively) incised (compare charuwts); hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth): also a slice (as cut) -- + cheese, harrow. see HEBREW charats see HEBREW charuwts Brown-Driver-Briggs H2757. charits [חָרִיץ] noun masculine1 Samuel 17:18 a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument; — plural construct חֲרִיצֵי 17:18; 1 Chronicles 20:3; חֲרִצֵי 2 Samuel 12:31; — 1 ׳ח הֶחָלָב 1 Samuel 17:18 cuts of milk i.e. cheeses. 2 sharp instrument of iron, 2 Samuel 12:31 = 1 Chronicles 20:3 ובח ׳בַּמְּגֵרָה וּבַמְּגֵרָוֺת הַבַּרְזֶל (compare Amos 1:3 below חרוץ 1, and DrSm). |
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