חַרְסוּת
charçûwth · H2777 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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Potsherd Gate
One of the city gates of Jerusalem; facing the Hinnom Valley
ExamplesJeremiah 19:2 “Then go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you,
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שַׁעַרgate 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- מִזְרָח mizrâch · H4217 · east, eastern, easterly
- מִזְרָח is the standard, common Hebrew word for 'east' or 'place of sunrise,' occurring frequently throughout the Hebrew Bible, while חַרְסוּת is a rare hapax legomenon (occurring only once in Judges 8:13) that appears to denote 'east' in a more specialized or poetic sense, possibly connected etymologically to חֶרֶס 'sun.' Both can denote the eastern direction.
- קֶדֶם qedem · H6924 · in front, east, eastern
- קֶדֶם frequently denotes 'east' or 'eastward' (as well as 'ancient time' or 'former time'), serving as another standard Hebrew term for the eastern direction. Like מִזְרָח, it is a common synonym for directional 'east,' while חַרְסוּת is an extremely rare term with the same directional sense.
Contrasting words 2 words
- מַעֲרָב maʻărâb · H4628 · wares, merchandise, west
- מַעֲרָב denotes 'west,' the directional opposite of 'east.' As חַרְסוּת means 'east,' מַעֲרָב represents the lexically opposite cardinal direction.
- יָם yâm · H3220 · sea, lake, ocean
- יָם primarily means 'sea' but is frequently used in Hebrew to denote 'west' or 'westward' (since the Mediterranean Sea lies to the west of Israel). As a directional term meaning 'west,' it is the lexical opposite of חַרְסוּת 'east.'
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Names of Constructions003001003
- This code reflects the word's occurrence naming the Sun Gate (Ir-ha-heres) in the prophetic oracle against Egypt, its single tagged use.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2777. charsuth חרסות Kt, חַרְסִית Qr noun feminine collective potsherd — הַחַרְסִ֯ות…
חרסות Kt, חַרְסִית Qr noun feminine collective potsherd — הַחַרְסִ֯ות שַׁעַר מֶּתַח Jer 19:2, designation of a gate in Jerusalem; opening of the gate of potsherds, i.e. where they were thrown (see Jer 19:10; Jer 19:11 and Gf); it led into the valley of Hinnom; ᵐ5 Ξαρς(ε)ιθ favours Qr **see BaldenspergerPEF 1904, 136 on the crushing of potsherds in the Valley of Hinnom.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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