Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. [
חֶ֫רֶס]
proper name, of a location 1. abode of Amorites,
בְּהַרחֶֿרֶס בְּאַיָּלוֺן וּבְשַׁעַלְבִֿים Judges 1:35, since
חֶרֶס sun =
שֶׁמֶשׁ, perhaps =
בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ 1 (q. v.), so Stu (who proposes עִיר חֶרֶס = עָר), Ke Be BuRS 17 Öttli Bla; ᵐ5 ἐν τῷ [ὄρει τοῦ] Μυρσινῶνι (-ος) = הַר הֲדַס.
2 place east of Jordan מִלְמַעֲלֵה הֶחָ֑רֶס Judges 8:13 from the ascent of Heres, ᵐ5 Αρες; the point whence Gideon turned back from pursuing Midian; Aq Symm read הֶהָרִים (see LagOnom. 96, 2nd ed. 131) so SS. — תִּמְנַתחֶֿרֶס Judges 2:9 see below תִּמְנַת, √ מנה.
III. חֶרֶס, חַרְסִית, חרסות see below חרשׂ.
חרע (√ of following; perhaps compare Aramaic 
Ethpa`al be clever, 
shrewd, especially in bad sense; Arabic 
split, VIII. originate, invent).
