חֵרֵשׁ m. (b. h.; cmp. חֲרַשׁ) [closed up,] deaf, dumb (cmp. אִלֵּם); deaf and dumb. Ter. I, 2 ח׳ שדברו וכ׳ the ḥeresh of which the scholars speak (in a legal sense) means everywhere deaf and dumb. Ib. ח׳ המדבר וכ׳ a ḥeresh that can talk but not hear. Meg. II, 4 חוץ מח׳ except a deaf person. Sifré Num. 153 (ref. to Num. XXX, 5; 12) להוציא את הח׳ this excludes the case of the father (the husband) being deaf; Ned. 73ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. חֵרְשִׁים, חֵרְשִׁין. Ḥag. 14ᵃ; Gitt. 88ᵃ, v. חָרָשׁ. Ruth R. s. 2 beg. (ref. to חרש, Josh. II, 1) עשו עצמכם ח׳ pretend to be deaf.—Fem. חֵרֶשֶׁת. Gitt. V, 5. Yeb. XIV, 1; a. e.—Pl. חֵרְשׁוֹת. Ib. 3.
חֵרֵשׁ
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חֵרֵשׁ m. (b. h.; cmp. חֲרַשׁ ) [ closed up ,] deaf, dumb (cmp. אִלֵּם ); deaf and dumb. Ter. I, 2 ח׳ שדברו וכ׳ the ḥeresh of which the scholars…
References
- Jastrow, חֲרַשׁ 1
- Jastrow, אִלֵּם 1
- Mishnah Terumot 1:2
- Mishnah Megillah 2:4
- Sifrei Bamidbar 153:8
- Numbers 30:5
- Numbers 30:12
- Nedarim 73a:2
- Jastrow, חַרְשִׁין 1
- Chagigah 14a:12
- Gittin 88a:22
- Jastrow, חָרָשׁ 1
- Ruth Rabbah 2:10
- Jastrow, חָרַשׁ I 1
- Joshua 2:1
- Mishnah Gittin 5:5
- Mishnah Yevamot 14:1
- Mishnah Yevamot 14:3