חֶרֶס II m. (b. h.; חרס to glow; cmp. חָרָה) the sun. Men. 110ᵃ (ref. to Is. XIX, 18) מאי עיר הח׳ (late eds. הה׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) what is Ir ha-Ḥeres? קרתא דבית שמשא the city of Beth-Shemesh; מאי משמע דהאי ח׳ לישנא וכ׳ where is the evidence that ḥeres means sun? (Answ. ref. to Job IX, 7). Y. Ned. I, 37ᵃ top; Y. Naz. I, beg. 51ᵃ ח׳ לשון גבוה הוא ḥeres (as a substitute for חֵרֶם, v. preced.) has reference to Deity, (as we read) ‘who speaks to the sun’ (Job l. c.).
חֶרֶס II
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חֶרֶס II m. (b. h.; חרס to glow; cmp. חָרָה ) the sun . Men. 110ᵃ (ref. to Is. XIX, 18 ) מאי עיר הח׳ (late eds. הה׳ , v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) what…
References
- Jastrow, חָרָה 1
- Menachot 110a:2
- Isaiah 19:18
- Job 9:7
- Jerusalem Talmud Nedarim 1:2:3
- Jerusalem Talmud Nazir 1:1:6
- Jastrow, חֵרֶם 1
- Jastrow, חֶרֶס I 1