hebrew #2759 - חֲרִישִׁי charishi (perhaps sultry)
Strong's Exhaustive 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 Englishman's Concordance 1) harsh, hot, sultry, silent (meaning uncertain) Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2790 in the sense of silence Same Word by TWOT Number: 760e Brown-Driver-Briggs [חֲרִישִׁי] adjective meaning wholly dubious; only רוּחַ קָדִים חֲרִישְׁיתJonah 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 חֶרֶסsun (or √ whence חֶרֶס comes) hot east wind; We makes no attempt to explain. Englishman's Concordance (References) |