H2794 — חוֹרֵשׁ

1. cut in, engrave, of worker in metals נְחשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל ׳ ח Gen 4:22 ( J ), נחשׁת ׳ ח 1Kgs 7:14 figurative עַללֿוּחַ לִבָּם ׳ ח Jer 17:1 engraved on the tablet of their heart.

2. plough, literally, human subject (animal usually with בְּ), no object expressed 1Kgs 19:19 ; Deut 22:10; Isa 28:24, so יַחֲרוֺשׁ בבקרים Amos 6:12 (but read probably יֵחָרֵשׁ בבקר יָם, see We and others); with accusative of cognate meaning with verb חֲרִישׁוֺ ׳ ח 1Sam 8:12 plough his ploughing (= do his ploughing), Prov 20:4 figurative of Judah Hos 10:11 with ethical reference רֶשַׁע ׳ ח Hos 10:13 (|| קצר), אָוֶן ׳ ח Job 4:8 (|| זרע, קצר); עַלגַּֿבִּי חָֽרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים Ps 129:3 upon my back have ploughmen ploughed (figurative of oppression by wicked); חֹרֵשׁ = ploughman Isa 28:24; Amos 9:13 (|| קוֺצֵר); ׳ ח with oxen subject only Job 1:14.

3. devise (as one who works in, practises), usually bad sense, object רָעָה Prov 3:29, רַע Prov 6:14 מַחְשְׁבוֺת אָוֶן Prov 6:18, חֹרְשֵׁירַע Prov 12:20 ; Prov 14:22 but also חֹרְשֵׁי טוֺב Prov 14:22.