Word

חָרַק

châraq · H2786 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to grind one's teeth, to gnash one's teeth

To gnash or grind one's teeth עַל with regard to someone else, in order to express one's hostility

Examples
Job 16:9 “His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My enemy glares at me.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 2
Not stated: they 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 1 groups

שֵׁןtooth, ivory 4

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 4 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ נִיme 2
עַלon, upon, over, against+ וֹhim 1
בin/on/with+ חָנֵףgodless 1
בin/on/with+ שֵׁןtooth, ivory 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

βρύχω brýchō · G1031 · to grind the teeth, to gnash the teeth, gnashing of teeth: Greek βρύχω specifically denotes the physical act of grinding or grating teeth (in pain or rage), directly rendering Hebrew חָרַק's gnashing action in parallel contexts.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Stance002001001061: The word denotes gnashing the teeth, a bodily posture expressing rage or contempt, used throughout the Psalms to describe enemies gnashing their teeth.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2786. charaq חָרַק verb gnash or grind the teeth, only in poetry (Late Hebrew id.;…

H2786. charaq
חָרַק verb gnash or grind the teeth, only in poetry (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic file, rub together, grate or grind (teeth); Aramaic id.) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ח Job 16:9; Imperfect יַחֲרֹק Psa 112:10; וַיַּחַרְקוּֿ Lam 2:16; Infinitive absolute חָרֹק Psa 35:16; Participle חֹרֵק Psa 37:12; — grind the teeth in rage against: ׳ח על שׁניו Psa 37:12; Psa 35:16 absolute without על Psa 112:10; Lam 2:16 (only here with שֵׁן singular); with בְּ instrumental (Ges§ 119, 3 b, R. DaSynt, § 73 R. 6) ׳ח עלֿ בשׁניו Job 16:9.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Stance5 occurrences

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