HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2757
חָרִיץ
cha.rits — incision
a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument, sharp cutting instrument, harrow, hoe
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Harrow
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7702
שָׂדַד
sa.dad — to harrow
(Piel) to harrow
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(Heb. harits), a tribulum or sharp threshing sledge; a frame armed on the under side with rollers or sharp spikes (2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). Heb. verb sadad, to harrow a field, break its clods (Job 39:10; Isa. 28:4; Hos. 10: 11). Its form is unknown. It may have resembled the instrument still in use in Egypt.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.