חָרָשׁ m. (b. h.; חָרַשׁ I) artist, artisan, carpenter, turner (faber). Deut. R. s. 2 לח׳ שהיה וכ׳ like an artist that was making an image &c.—Pl. חָרָשִׁים. Gen. R. s. 65, end; s. 70, v. חֲמוֹר; Pesik. Shek., p. 15ᵃ.—Trsnf. scholar. Gitt. 88ᵃ (ref. to II Kings XXIV, 16) חָ׳ שבשעה … כחֵרְשִׁין the scholars were named ḥarash, for when they opened argument, all were like dumb; Snh. 38ᵃ; Yalk. Dan. 1066; a. e.—Pl. as above. Ḥag. 14ᵃ (ref. to Is. III, 3).
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חָרָשׁ m. (b. h.; חָרַשׁ I) artist, artisan, carpenter, turner (faber). Deut. R. s. 2 לח׳ שהיה וכ׳ like an artist that was making an image &c.—Pl.…
References
- Jastrow, חָרַשׁ I 1
- Devarim Rabbah 2:30
- Bereishit Rabbah 65:22
- Jastrow, חֲמוֹר 1
- Gittin 88a:22
- II Kings 24:16
- Sanhedrin 38a:5
- Chagigah 14a:12
- Isaiah 3:3