H2782 — חָרַץ (chârats)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H2782
Original: חָרַץ
Transliteration: chârats
Pronunciation: khaw-rats
Part of Speech: Verb
Root: Primitive root — "to point sharply"
Occurrences: 14 tokens / 12 unique verses
Books: 8 (Exo, Lev, Jos, 2Sa, 1Ki, Job, Isa, Dan)
First Occurrence: Exo 11:7 — "shall not a dog move (chârats) his tongue"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

A primitive root; properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide: — bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move.

Verb Stem Distribution¶

Stem	Count	Typical Meaning
Qal	7	move, stir, wound, decide
Niphal	5	be determined, be decreed

Tallied from hebrew_parser.py --lemma חרץ. Qal covers active uses (move tongue, bestir, decide); Niphal covers the prophetic passive "what has been determined/decreed."

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
determined (various forms)	8	57%
move / moved	2	14%
maimed	1	7%
bestir thyself	1	7%
decided	1	7%
decreed	1	7%

KJV fragments the "determined" cluster across 6 slightly varying phrases; combined, it is the dominant rendering.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Daniel	3	0.8
Isaiah	3	0.2
Exodus	1	0.1
Leviticus	1	0.1
Joshua	1	0.2
2 Samuel	1	0.1
1 Kings	1	0.1
Job	1	0.1

Highest density in Daniel. The three Niphal uses in Daniel 9–11 account for its concentration there. The word spans narrative (Exo/Jos/2Sa/1Ki), wisdom (Job), and prophecy (Isa/Dan).

Semantic Categories¶

1. Idiomatic Non-Movement ("not move the tongue")¶

The Qal is used in a fixed idiom — "not a dog shall move (chârats) his tongue" — denoting complete passivity or absence of opposition.

Exo 11:7 — "But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast"
Jos 10:21 — "none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel"

2. Be Stirred / Bestir Oneself (Qal — swift decisive action)¶

Used for a person prompted to act, to move quickly at a signal.

2Sa 5:24 — "when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself"

3. Decide / Render Judgment (Qal — legal/judicial sense)¶

The active Qal can carry the sense of rendering a verdict or deciding a case.

1Ki 20:40 — "And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it"

4. What Is Divinely Fixed / Appointed (Qal participle — limits set by God)¶

The participial form denotes something already set by divine authority — days, limits, times.

Job 14:5 — "Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds"
Isa 10:22 — "a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness"

5. The Decreed End / Consummation (Niphal — divinely fixed judgment, prophetic)¶

The Niphal participle נֶחֱרָצָה / נֶחֱרֶצֶת becomes a near-technical term in prophetic literature for God's irrevocable determination — especially of judgment or end-time events.

Isa 10:23 — "the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land"
Isa 28:22 — "for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth"
Dan 9:26 — "unto the end of the war desolations are determined"
Dan 9:27 — "even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate"
Dan 11:36 — "for that that is determined shall be done"

6. Physical Wounding / Defect (Qal — literal maiming)¶

One occurrence applies the "wound/cut" sense to a physical defect disqualifying a sacrificial animal.

Lev 22:22 — "Blind, or broken, or maimed (chârats), or having a wen... ye shall not offer these unto the LORD"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
כֹּל (kôl)	H3605	5x	"all the land" / "against any of"
יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrael)	H3478	4x	"against any of the children of Israel" (Exo/Jos); "people Israel" (Isa)
עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh)	H6213	4x	"shall be done" — Dan 11:36 pattern
כָּלָה (kâlâh)	H3617	3x	"consumption... determined" — Isa 10:22–23, Dan 9:27
יְהֹוָה (YHWH)	H3068	3x	divine authority behind the decree
שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ)	H7620	2x	"seventy weeks" — Dan 9:26–27

Word Family / Cognates¶

H2742 חָרוּץ (chârûts) — passive participle of H2782 used as adjective/noun: incised, diligent, gold (as mined), threshing-sledge, determination. 18 occurrences, including Joel 3:14 "valley of decision" and Proverbs uses for "diligent" and "gold."

Synonyms¶

No synonym entries were returned by search_relationships.py for H2782.

Antonyms¶

No antonym entries were returned by search_relationships.py for H2782.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
חָתַךְ (châthak)	H2852	both: "determined"	châthak = "cut off/allotted" — Dan 9:24: "seventy weeks are determined (châthak) upon thy people." Refers to the scope of time being cut out/allotted. Chârats = the irrevocable character of decrees within or after that time. Both appear in Dan 9 but for different things.
כָּלָה (kâlâh)	H3615	both translated "determined"	kâlâh = the completion/consumption/end itself; chârats = the act of being decided/decreed. They appear side-by-side in Isa 10:22–23 and Dan 9:27 — kâlâh is the event, chârats is its irrevocability.
גָּזַר (gâzar)	H1504	both translated "decreed"	gâzar = to cut off/divide/decree; shares the "cutting" semantic field with chârats but is more common in royal-decree contexts.
חֹק (chôq)	H2706	both translated "decreed"	chôq = a fixed statute or appointment (noun); chârats is the verbal act of decisive cutting/determining.

Semantic Domains¶

UBS / Relationship Domains¶

[002004001009008] Speak — search_relationships.py links chârats to a speech / utterance field with neighbors such as H262/H264 אַחֲוָה, H559/H560 אָמַר, H561 אֵמֶר, and H562 אֹמֶר.
[002004002007] Know — the same tool also places chârats near discernment / knowledge vocabulary, including H183/H184 אוה, H226 אֹות, H262/H264 אַחֲוָה, and H502 אלף.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occ	PMI Score	Notes
συντέμνω (syntémnō) G4932	4	10.56	"to contract by cutting" — primary rendering in Isa 10:22–23 and Dan 9
συντελέω (synteléō) G4931	3	5.29	"to complete, execute" — also used in Dan 9 for the decreed consummation

Neither Greek equivalent reaches 20 co-occurrences; no cross-testament trace warranted.