*ḫrṣ: 'moat, ditch'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ḫrṣ
Meaning	'moat, ditch'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	ḫarīṣu (CAD Ḫ 103); ḫirīṣu (CAD Ḫ 198)	CAD Ḫ 103; CAD Ḫ 198	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ḥārûṣ (HALOT 352)	HALOT 352	gloss withheld
Aramaic	OArm. ḥrṣ (HALOT 352)	HALOT 352	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	ḥarṣā (HALOT 352)	HALOT 352	gloss withheld

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Notes

Noun of 3555 *ḫrṣ 'to cut in, incise'. Middle Hebrew ḥārîṣ 'channel' (HALOT 352). Kaufman 1974, 53–54 takes the Aramaic and Hebrew as a native North West Semitic formation, not a loan from Akkadian ḫarīṣu. Not 2687 *ḫurāṣ- 'gold'.

Updated 26 October 2026

*ḫrṣ: 'moat, ditch'

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