חרס

Hebrew

Root
ח־ר־ס (kh-r-s)
1 term

Etymology

From Hittite 𒂁 (ḫarši-, “a kind of rough pottery vessel”); in the Tanakhic passages it does not mean the material itself, but only a kind of vessel, which apparently derives from Asia Minor with the borrowing. Other Semitic languages have instead of this word a phono-semantic matching, under which are Classical Syriac ܚܶܙܦܳܐ (ḥezəp̄ā), Classical Syriac ܚܶܨܦܳܐ (ḥeṣəp̄ā, “piece of pottery”), whence Arabic خَزَف (ḵazaf), and Ge'ez ጻሕብ (ṣaḥb), ጻኅብ (ṣaḫb, “earthen vessel”).

Noun

חֶרֶס • (khéres) m (singular construct חֶרֶס־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. pottery, earthenware; clay, ceramics
  2. (biblical) the sun

Declension

Declension of חֶרֶס
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite חֶרֶס first חַרְסִי חַרְסֵנוּ
definite הַחֶרֶס second חַרְסְךָ חַרְסֵךְ חַרְסְכֶם חַרְסְכֶן
construct חֶרֶס־ third חַרְסוֹ חַרְסָהּ חַרְסָם חַרְסָן
plural indefinite חֲרָסִים first חרסיי / חֲרָסַי חֲרָסֵינוּ
definite הַחֲרָסִים second חֲרָסֶיךָ חרסייך / חֲרָסַיִךְ חַרְסֵיכֶם חַרְסֵיכֶן
construct חַרְסֵי־ third חֲרָסָיו חֲרָסֶיהָ חַרְסֵיהֶם חַרְסֵיהֶן

Derived terms

References

  • Rabin, Chaim (1963), “Hittite Words in Hebrew”, in Orientalia, volume 32, number 2, →DOI, pages 118–120
  • “חרס” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • "חרס" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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