- חֶרֶת
- חֶרֶתf. (חרר III) soot, sediment of ink, shoe-black. Nidd.II, 7 כח׳; ib. 19a כחָרוּת; Tosef. ib. III, 11 (not בה׳); expl. Nidd.20a כי חרותא דדיותא, v. דְּיוּתָא.Y.Sot.VII, 22d חָרוּתָהּ אשוכ׳ its ink was black fire. Y.Kil.IX, 32a top פשתן שצבעו בח׳ (ed. בחרם, corr. acc.) linen dyed with blacking (looking like wool).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
