חֲרִישִׁי
ḥărîšî
a silent east wind
Strong's H2759AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 760e

חֲרִישִׁי (ḥărîšî) is a Hebrew adjective meaning a silent east wind. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2759).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 760e)

Range of meaning (TWOT 760e)a silent east wind, still, sultry; quiet; vehement
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֲרִישִׁי adjective: a silent east wind, still, sultry

meaning wholly doubtful; only; a silent east wind is not suitable in context; still = sultry is mere conjecture

Strong's H2759 חֲרִישִׁי: quiet, i.e. sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind)
KJV:vehement.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 760: חָרַשׁ ḥāraš — cut in, engrave, plough, devise; fabricating mischief against; scratch, fabricate, be silent, let alone, be deaf, fabricator, mechanic; cease, conceal, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow, plower, be quiet…

See it in Scripture

Jonah 4:8

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