חֹרֶשׁ

חֹ֫רֶשׁ noun masculine^{Ezk 31,3} wood, wooded height (Assyrian —uršu, wooded height COT^Gloss Lyon^{Sargontexte, Gloss} (see also Dl^{Pr 180} Che^{critical note on Es 17,9}); Late Hebrew חוֺרֶשׁ wood, forest; Aramaic חוּרְשָׁא id.) — absolute ׳ח Es 17,9; Ezk 31,3 (but on both see below); חֹ֫רְשָׁה 1 Sam 23,16 (see Dr); בַּחֹ֫רְשָׁה 1 Sam 23,15; 1 Sam 23,18; 1 Sam 23,19 plural חֳרָשִׁים 2 Kron 27,4 — wooded height 1 Sam 23,15 (|| בָּהָר v1 Sam 23,14), v1 Sam 23,16 v1 Sam 23,18, so ׳בַּמְּצָדוֺת בַּח בְּגִבְעַת הַחֲכִילָה v1 Sam 23,19 בנה בִּירָנִיּוֺת וּמִגְדָּלִים ׳וּבֶח 2 Kron 27,4 and on the wooded heights he built fortresses and towers (|| בְּהַר יְהוּדָה); עֲזוּבַת הַחֹרֶשׁ וְהָאָמִיר Es 17,9 the forsaken places of the wooded heights and summits Ges Ew De Di RV; but read probably החוי והאמרי ׳ע forsaken places of the Hivites and the Amorites, so ᵐ5 Lag Che Or Brd Du; ׳ח מֵצַל Ezk 31,3 shade-giving wood or thicket, of close branches of cedar (but sense hardly legitimate; strike out ᵐ5 Co).