Lexical Summary cheresh: silently, secretly Original Word: חֶרֶשׁTransliteration: cheresh Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-resh) Part of Speech: noun masculine; adverb; noun masculine Short Definition: silently, secretly Meaning: magical craft, silence Strong's Concordance cunning, secretly From charash; magical craft; also silence -- cunning, secretly. see HEBREW charash Brown-Driver-Briggs H2791. cheresh I. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] as adverb silently, secretly — ח ׳מְרַגְּלִים Joshua 2:1 (JE) exploring secretly. III. חרשׁ (√ of following; meaning unknown). II. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] magic art, or perhaps magic drug (Aramaic practise magic, חָרָשׁ, magician, incantation, magic art, preparation of magic potion, so Ethiopic one using incantations; incantation, magic; compare perhaps Arabic , a medicinal broth given to women in childbed; חֶרֶשׁ perhaps magical drug, see RSJPh xiv. 1885, 125) — only חֲרָשִׁים חֲכַם Isaiah 3:3 skilled in magic arts, or drugs ("" לָ֑חַשׁ נְבוֺן), ( > others Generally = handicraft). |
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