1. חָרֵשׁ
be silent, dumb, speechless, be deaf
The corpus record — Hebrew
charash · vb
be silent, dumb, speechless, be deaf
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1. חָרֵשׁ
be silent, dumb, speechless, be deaf
2. חָרַשׁ
cut in, engrave, plough, devise
3. חָרַשׁ
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
4. מַחָרִיש
adj
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