מַחֲרִישׁ Gen. 24:21
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:37 pm
We read there
וְהָאִישׁ מִשְׁתָּאֵה לָהּ מַחֲרִישׁ לָדַעַת הַהִצְלִיחַ יהוה דַּרְכּוֹ אִם לֹא
NIV: "Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful"
KJV: "And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not"
in which מַחֲרִישׁ = מה-חר-היא-ש is from the root חרש, a member of the Hebrew root family
גרד, גרז, גרט, גרס, גרש
הרס
חרד, חרז, חרט, חרס, חרץ, חרש
כרס, כרץ, כרש, כרת
קרד, קרס, קרץ, קרש
and we conclude that the essential meaning of החריש is הכרית, 'cut off the flow of sound.'
Isaac Fried, Boston University
וְהָאִישׁ מִשְׁתָּאֵה לָהּ מַחֲרִישׁ לָדַעַת הַהִצְלִיחַ יהוה דַּרְכּוֹ אִם לֹא
NIV: "Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful"
KJV: "And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not"
in which מַחֲרִישׁ = מה-חר-היא-ש is from the root חרש, a member of the Hebrew root family
גרד, גרז, גרט, גרס, גרש
הרס
חרד, חרז, חרט, חרס, חרץ, חרש
כרס, כרץ, כרש, כרת
קרד, קרס, קרץ, קרש
and we conclude that the essential meaning of החריש is הכרית, 'cut off the flow of sound.'
Isaac Fried, Boston University