2759. charishi
Strong's Lexicon
charishi: Silent, quiet

Original Word: חָרִישִׁי
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: charishi
Pronunciation: khaw-ree-shee
Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ee-shee')
Definition: Silent, quiet
Meaning: quiet, sultry

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
perhaps from the same as cheresh
Definition
perhaps sultry
NASB Translation
scorching (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 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

Forms and Transliterations
חֲרִישִׁ֔ית חרישית chariShit ḥă·rî·šîṯ ḥărîšîṯ
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Englishman's Concordance
Jonah 4:8
HEB: ר֤וּחַ קָדִים֙ חֲרִישִׁ֔ית וַתַּ֥ךְ הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ
NAS: appointed a scorching east
KJV: prepared a vehement east
INT: wind east A scorching beat and the sun

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 2759
1 Occurrence


ḥă·rî·šîṯ — 1 Occ.

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