Lexicon charishi: perhaps sultry Original Word: חֲרִישִׁיתPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: charishi Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ee-shee') Short Definition: scorching NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originperhaps from the same as chereshDefinitionperhaps sultry NASB Translationscorching (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ חֲרִישִׁי] adjective meaning wholly dubious; only רוּחַ קָדִים חֲרִישְׁית Jonah 4:8; a silent east wind is not suitable in context; still = sultry is mere conjecture; Hi autumnal (√ I. חרשׁ); St proposes חרישׂית = חריסית, from חֶרֶס sun (or √ whence חֶרֶס comes) hot east wind; We makes no attempt to explain. Strong's vehement From charash in the sense of silence; quiet, i.e. Sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind) -- vehement. see HEBREW charash |
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