חָרָשׁ

1. graver, artificer:
\ \ a. worker in metal 1 Sam 13,19; Hos 8,6; Hos 13,2; 5 Mos 27,15; Jer 10,9 (|| צֹרֵף), Es 40,19 (|| id.), Es 54,16; 1 Kron 29,5 בַּרְזֶל ׳ח Es 44,12; 2 Kron 24,12 perhaps also Es 41,7 (+ צֹרֵף); apparently = hammer Zak 2,3 (symbolic).
\ \ b. worker in wood עֵץ ׳ח 2 Sam 5,11 = 1 Kron 14,1 (עֵצִים), 2 Kong 12,12; 2 Kong 22,6 = 2 Kron 34,11; Jer 10,3; Es 40,20; Es 44,13 (see also 1 Kron 22,15 below); perhaps also Ezr 3,7; 2 Kron 24,12 (both || חצב).
\ \ c. worker in stone אֶבֶן קִיר ׳ח 2 Sam 5,11 = 1 Kron 14,1 (omitted אבן); also of engraving on gems אבן ׳ח 2 Mos 28,11 (P; || פִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם); see also following
\ \ d. in general אֶבֶן וָעֵץ ׳ח 1 Kron 22,15 idol-maker צִירִים ׳ח Es 45,16, compare Es 44,11 (also vEs 44,12 vEs 44,13 above), 2 Kong 24,14; 2 Kong 24,16; Jer 24,1; Jer 29,2 (all || מַסְגֵּר), 2 Mos 35,35; 2 Mos 38,23 (both P; both || חשֵׁב). In גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים 1 Kron 4,14, ׳גֵּי הַחֲ Neh 11,35 valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים artificers 1 Kron 4,14, ח has ֲ֯ exceptionally, see Ol^{§ 183 a} Kö^{ii, § 60. 5}; read חָֽרָשִׁים?

2. figurative מַשְׁחִית ׳ח Ezk 21,36 men skilled to destroy.