חוֹרֶש

חוֹרֶשm. (b. h. חֹרֶש, v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v. חרש II, cmp. חֵרֵש) (difficult of accession, thicket, wild-growing bushes. Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39c ונעשה ח׳ גדול and it grew to a large thicket of reeds; Cant. R. to I, 6. Lev. R. s. 29 ניתש מח׳ זהוכ׳ tears himself loose from one thicket and is caught in another; Y.Taan.II, 65d top; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 154b> חדש (corr. acc.), v. נָטַש; Yalk. Lev. 645.Pl. חוֹרָשִׁים, חוֹרָשִׁין, חֳרָשִׁים. B. Kam.81a top שהיו מרעין בח׳ that people shall have the privilege of pasture on untilled lands. Ib. 79b, opp. יישוב. Ib. 80a. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a top, v. בָּהָה; Y.Shebi.IV, 35b bot. בחד׳ (corr. acc.).