חָרַשׁ (ḥāraš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be silent. It appears
72 times
in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2790).
Also rendered
to plow/plot
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 761)
Range of meaning (TWOT 761)be silent, dumb, speechless, be deaf; exhibit silence, make silent, shew deafness; scratch, engrave, plough, fabricate, devise, let alone; cease, conceal, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow, plower…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָרֵשׁverb: be silent, dumb, speechless, be deaf
Qal
1.be silent
2.be deaf
Hiphil
1.be silent (= exhibit silence)
2.make silent
3.be deaf, shew deafness
Strong's H2790חָרַשׁ: to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) KJV:× altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
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.