חרז

חָרַז(b. h.) (to bore holes, to carry thread through a hole, 1) to squeeze into. Cant. R. to I, 10 (ref. to בחרוזים ib.) שחוֹרְזִים צואריהםוכ׳ (not שחוזרין) who squeeze their necks (through window holes, open doors ) to hear the words of the Law (v. Yoma 35b; Ber.6b; v. דּוּחֲקָא); Yalk. ib. 983 שהם חוזרים אחריוכ׳ (read: חוֹרְזִים אחוֹרֵי). 2) to string. Ex. R. s. 20 ישב וח׳וכ׳ he sat down and strung (assorting) the larger pearls separately Part. pass. חָרוּז, pl. חֲרוּזִים, חֲרוּזִין. Cant. R. l. c. (read:) אלו ע׳ זקנים שהיו חֲרוּזִים אחריהם כליניאוכ׳ (v. Yalk. l. c.) those are the seventy elders who were strung (arranged) behind them (Moses and Aaron) like a string of pearls.Ḥull.95b בחרוזין (Ar. חֲרִיזִים, noun) if the pieces of meat are strung together. Lam. R. to V, 13 ג׳ מאות … ח׳וכ׳ three hundred children were found strung up on the branches of one tree.Trnsf. to draw parallels between Biblical passages, to explain one passage by another. Cant. R. l. c. הייתי יושב וחוֹרֵזוכ׳ I was sitting and comparing verses of the Pentateuch, and Pentateuch with Prophets Ib. שהיו חוֹרְזִיםוכ׳; Yalk. l. c. חוזרים (corr. acc.). Cant. R. l. c. שהן חֲרוּזוֹתוכ׳ which are strung together (illustrate one another). Hif. הֶחֱרִיז same. Lev. R. s. 16 מַחֲרִיזד״תוכ׳ I was comparing