Lexical Summary charishi: perhaps sultry Original Word: חֲרִישִׁיTransliteration: charishi Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ee-shee') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: perhaps sultry Meaning: perhaps sultry Strong's Concordance 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 Brown-Driver-Briggs H2759. charishi [חֲרִישִׁי] adjective meaning wholly dubious; only חֲרִישְׁית קָדִים רוּחַ 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. |
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