1. deaf, unable to hear — The adjective חֵרֵשׁ means 'deaf,' describing one who cannot hear, used both literally and in prophetic/metaphorical contexts. All three sense clusters represent the same adjectival meaning with grammatical variation only: S99453 is the masculine singular (חֵרֵשׁ 'deaf,' כְּחֵרֵשׁ 'like a deaf one,' 4x — Ps 38:14, Isa 29:18, 42:18, Lev 19:14), S99452 is the plural with or without article (הַחֵרְשִׁים / חֵרְשִׁים 'the deaf / deaf ones,' 3x — Isa 35:5, 42:18, 43:8), and S99455 adds the conjunction (וְחֵרֵשׁ / וְחֵרְשִׁים 'and deaf,' 2x — Exod 4:11, Isa 29:18). Multilingual evidence is perfectly uniform: Arabic أَصَمَّ/الصُّمّ (deaf), Spanish sordo/sordos, Hindi बहरा/बहरे (deaf), Korean 귀먹은 (deaf), Swahili kiziwi/viziwi (deaf person/deaf persons). No semantic differentiation exists across any cluster — all reflect a single lexical sense of auditory inability. 9×
AR["أَصَمَّ","أَيُّهَا-الصُّمُّ","الصُّمُّ","الـ-صُّمِّ","كَ-أَصَمَّ","وَأَصَمُّ","وَصُمٌّ"]·ben["-বধিররা","এবং-বধির","এবং-বধিরদের","কালাদের","বধির","বধিরকে","বধিরেরা","যেমন-বধির"]·DE["[החרשים]","[וחרש]","[וחרשים]","[חרשים]","deaf","wie-ein-deaf-einer"]·EN["The-deaf","and-deaf","deaf","like-a-deaf-one","of-the-deaf","the-deaf"]·FR["[החרשים]","[וחרשים]","[חרשים]","comme-sourd","deaf","et-tesson","sourd"]·heb["ה-חרשים","ו-חרש","ו-חרשים","חירש","חרש","חרשים","כ-חרש"]·HI["और-बहरा","और-बहरों","जैसे-बहरा","बहरा","बहरे","बहरे-को","बहरों-के","बह्रा"]·ID["Hai-orang-orang-tuli","dan-orang-orang-tuli","dan-tuli","orang-orang-tuli","orang-tuli","tuli"]·IT["deaf","e-sordo","sordo"]·jav["Lan-sinten-budheg","Para-tiyang-budheg","budheg","kados-tiyang-budheg","lan-budheg","tiyang-budheg","tiyang-tiyang-budheg"]·KO["-귀먹은-자-같이","귀먹어리를","귀먹은-자","귀먹은-자들아","귀먹은-자들의","귀먹은-자들이","균먹은","그리고-귀먹은-자가","그리고-귀먹은-자들을"]·PT["como-surdo","e-surdo","e-surdos","os-surdos","surda","surdo","surdos"]·RU["-глухие","глухие","глухим","глухих","глухого","глухой","и-глух","и-глухих","как-глухой"]·ES["al-sordo","como-sordo","de-los-sordos","los-sordos","sordo","sordos","y-sordo","y-sordos"]·SW["Viziwi","kama-kiziwi","kiziwi","na-kiziwi","na-viziwi","viziwi","ya-viziwi"]·TR["Sagirlar","sagirlar","sagirlarin","sağır","sağır-gibi","sağırı","ve-sagir","ve-sagirlari"]·urd["اور-بہرا","اور-بہرے","بَہرا","بہرا","بہروں-کے","بہرے","بہرے-کو","بہرے-کی-طرح"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֵרֵשׁ adj. deaf—חֵרֵשׁ (= חִרֵּשׁ) Ex 4:11 + 4 times; pl. חֵרְשִׁים Is 29:18 + 3 times;—deaf, Ex 4:11 (J; ‖ אִלֵּם), ψ 38:14 (‖ id.); also Lv 19:14 (H), Is 29:18; 35:5; 42:18, 19 + v 19 b (for last עִוֵּר, cf. 43:8; GrJQ 1891, Oct. p. 2 v. CheComm., JQ Jan. 1892, 332), 43:8; פֶּ֫תֶן ח׳ ψ 58:5 a deaf adder.