- חרש
- חָרָשm. (b. h.; חָרַש I) artist, artisan, carpenter, turner (faber). Deut. R. s. 2 לח׳ שהיהוכ׳ like an artist that was making an image Pl. חָרָשִׁים. Gen. R. s. 65, end; s. 70, v. חֲמוֹר; Pesik. Shek., p. 15a>.Trsnf. scholar. Gitt.88a (ref. to 2 Kings 24:16) חָ׳ שכשעה … כחֵרְשִׁין the scholars were named ḥarash, for when they opened argument, all were like dumb; Snh.38a; Yalk. Dan. 1066; a. e.Pl. as above. Ḥag.14a (ref. to Is. 3:3).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.