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1 Samuel 13:19

“Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חָרָשׁchârâsh · khaw-rawsh'
H2796 · Hebrew

Definition: a fabricator or any material
Derivation: from H2790 (חָרַשׁ);
KJV renderings: artificer, ([phrase]) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, [phrase] mason, skilful, ([phrase]) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
חָרָשׁ֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 28:11 Exodus 35:35 Exodus 38:23 Deuteronomy 27:15 2 Samuel 5:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָרָשׁ here.

Verse 18 Verse 20

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.