חָרַט

חָרַט(b. h.) to scrape; to chisel. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 14 below the Israelites were sitting חוֹרְטִין את העגלוכ׳ chiselling the calf …, and above the Lord engraving the tablets. Hif. הֶחֱרִיט to model. Pirké dR. El. ch. III אם איני מַחֲרִיט … יסודותיווכ׳ unless he models … its foundations and its entrances and exits, he does not begin to build. Ib. הקב״הה׳ לפניווכ׳ the Lord modelled before Him the world, but it would not stand. Hithpa. הִתְחָרֵט (to scratch ones self, to regret, feel sorry. Ḥag.5a ומִתְחָרֵט בז and feels sorry for it. Nidd.31b מִתְחָרֶטֶת she regrets (her vow of abstinence); a. fr. V. חֲרָטָה.