H2764b H2764b
A net or dragnet for catching fish or prey; distinct from the homonymous cherem meaning 'devoted ban.'
This is the second cherem — not the fearsome 'ban of destruction' but a simple fisherman's or hunter's net, derived from the idea of perforated work (cf. Arabic mukharram, 'perforated'). Habakkuk 1:15-17 paints the Chaldean empire as a fisherman who catches nations in his dragnet and then worships the net itself. Ezekiel uses the image in both directions: Tyre's ruins become a place for spreading nets (Ezek 26:5, 14), while God will cast His own net over Pharaoh (Ezek 32:3). Ecclesiastes 7:26 deploys it for the seductive woman whose heart is 'nets and snares.' Spanish 'red' and English 'net' render it straightforwardly.
Senses
1. net, dragnet — A net or dragnet used for catching fish or trapping prey. Etymologically linked to the concept of perforated material (cf. Arabic mukharram), this noun appears in both literal and figurative contexts. The hunter's net ensnares in Micah 7:2 and Ecclesiastes 7:26, while the fisherman's dragnet dominates Ezekiel (26:5, 14; 32:3; 47:10) and Habakkuk (1:15-17), where the Chaldean empire is personified as a fisherman who sacrifices to his own net. Spanish 'red' and English 'net' render it consistently; the multilingual evidence confirms a single concrete artifact sense throughout. 9×
AR["بِشَبَكَةٍ", "بِشَبَكَتِي", "بِـ-شَبَكَتِهِ", "شَبَكَتَهُ", "شِبَاكٌ", "لِ-الشِّبَاكِ", "لِـ-شَبَكَتِهِ", "لِلشِّبَاكِ"]·ben["আমার-জালে।", "এবং-ফাঁদসমূহ", "জালগুলির-জন্য", "জালে", "জালের", "তার-জালকে", "তার-জালে", "তার-জালের-প্রতি"]·DE["[בחרמו]", "[בחרמי]", "[וחרמים]", "[חרם]", "[חרמו]", "[חרמים]", "[לחרמו]", "[לחרמים]"]·EN["and-nets", "for-nets", "his-net", "in-my-dragnet", "nets", "to-his-net", "with-his-net", "with-net"]·FR["et-filet", "interdit"]·heb["ב-חרמו", "ב-חרמי", "ו-חרמים", "חרם", "חרמו", "חרמים", "ל-חרמו", "ל-חרמים"]·HI["अपना-जाल", "अपने-जाल-को", "अपने-जाल-में", "और-बंधन", "को-जालों", "जाल-से"]·ID["dalam-jaring-Ku.", "dan-jala", "dengan-jaring", "dengan-jaringnya,", "jala", "jaringnya,", "kepada-jaringnya,", "untuk-jala"]·IT["[בחרמו]", "[בחרמי]", "[חרם]", "[חרמו]", "[חרמים]", "[לחרמו]", "[לחרמים]", "e-e-nets"]·jav["ing-jaring-Kawula", "jalanipun", "jaring-jaring", "kalayan-jaring", "kangge-jalanipun", "kangge-jaring", "lan-jala", "ngangge-jalanipun"]·KO["그-의-그물-로", "그-의-그물-에", "그-의-그물-을", "그리고-그물들", "그물-로", "그물의", "에-그물들의", "에-나의-투망으로"]·PT["a-sua-rede", "com-sua-rede", "e-laços", "em-rede-minha", "para-redes", "rede", "redes", "sua-rede"]·RU["в-неводе-Моём", "для-сетей", "и-неводы,", "сетей", "сети-своей", "сеть-свою", "сетью", "сетью-своей"]·ES["a-su-red", "con-mi-red", "con-red", "con-su-red", "para-redes", "redes", "su-red", "y-lazos"]·SW["kwa-wavu", "kwa-wavu-wake", "kwa-wavu-wangu", "na-nyavu", "nyavu", "wavu-wake"]·TR["ağla-o", "ağlar-için", "ağların", "ağımla", "ağına-onun", "ağını-onun", "ağıyla-onun", "ve-aglar"]·urd["اور-پھندے", "اپنا-جال", "اپنے-جال-سے", "اپنے-جال-میں", "اپنے-جال-کو", "جال-سے", "جالوں-کے", "جالوں-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. חֵ֫רֶם n.m. net (as something perforated; cf. Arabic مُخَرَّمٌ perforated work, Fl in NHWBii. 208; NH חֵרֶם net; Ph. חרם maker of nets)—abs. ח׳ Mi 7:2; sf. חֶרְמִי Ez 32:3, חֶרְמוֹ Hb 1:15, 16, 17; pl. חֲרָמִים Ec 7:26 Ez 26:5, 14; 47:10;—hunter’s net Mi 7:2 Ec 7:26; fisherman’s net Ez 26:5, 14; 32:3; 47:10 Hb 1:15, 16, 17.