חרס
עברית
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חרס
- /ˈχe.ʁes/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
From Hittite 𒂁 (ḫarši-, “a kind of rough pottery vessel”); in the Tanakhic passages it does not mean the material itself, but only a kind of vessel, which apparently derives from Asia Minor with the borrowing. Other Semitic languages have instead of this word a phono-semantic matching, under which are Classical Syriac ܚܶܙܦܳܐ (ḥezəp̄ā), Classical Syriac ܚܶܨܦܳܐ (ḥeṣəp̄ā, “piece of pottery”), whence Arabic خَزَف (ḵazaf), and Ge'ez ጻሕብ (ṣaḥb), ጻኅብ (ṣaḫb, “earthen vessel”).
noun חֶרֶס · khéres · חֶרֶס־ · חַרְסִי · חַרְסֵנוּ
- pottery, earthenware; clay, ceramics
- the sun הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כּוֹכָבִים יַחְתֹּם.
- an itch יַכְּכָה יְהֹוָה בִּשְׁחִין מִצְרַיִם ובעפלים וּבַטְּחֹרִים וּבַגָּרָב וּבֶחָרֶס אֲשֶׁר לֹא תוּכַל לְהֵרָפֵא.
In English
- clay mineral substance
Talk about this word "חרס." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%A1. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. חרס. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%A1 "חרס." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%A1.Cite this
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title = {חרס},
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