Lexical Summary charsuth: potsherd Original Word: חַרְסוּתTransliteration: charsuth Phonetic Spelling: (khar-sooth') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: potsherd Meaning: a potsherd, a pottery Strong's Concordance east From cherec (apparently in the sense of a red tile used for scraping); a potsherd, i.e. (by implication) a pottery; the name of a gate at Jerusalem -- east. see HEBREW cherec Brown-Driver-Briggs H2777. charsuth חרסות Kt, חַרְסִית Qr noun feminine collective potsherd — הַחַרְסִ֯ות שַׁעַר מֶּתַח Jeremiah 19:2, designation of a gate in Jerusalem; opening of the gate of potsherds, i.e. where they were thrown (see 19:10; 19:11 and Gf); it led into the valley of Hinnom; ᵐ5 Ξαρς(ε)ιθ favours Qr **see BaldenspergerPEF 1904, 136 on the crushing of potsherds in the Valley of Hinnom. |
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