H2799 H2799
Skilful working or carving of materials such as wood and stone; craftsmanship in artistic engraving.
Refers to the art of carving or skilful craftsmanship, appearing exclusively in the instructions for building the Tabernacle (Exod 31:5; 35:33). It always occurs in construct with a material — wood or stone — indicating a specialized trade skill. The Spanish rendering 'artesanía' nicely captures the sense of practiced artisanship, while English and French translations lean toward 'carving' or 'cutting,' highlighting the physical act of shaping hard materials under divine enablement.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Skilful carving or engraving of hard materials (wood, stone) as a craft. All four occurrences appear in the Exodus Tabernacle instructions (31:5; 35:33), paired with specific materials via the construct chain. The Spanish 'artesanía' points to the broader sense of artisanship, while 'carving' and 'cutting' in English and French emphasize the technique of incision. This term denotes divinely gifted craftsmanship granted to Bezalel and his co-workers. 4×
AR["وَ-بِ-نَجارَةِ", "وَ-بِ-نَقشِ", "وَ-بِـ-نَجارَةِ", "وَ-بِـ-نَقشِ"]·ben["এবং-কাটাই-কার্যে", "এবং-কারুকার্যে"]·DE["und-in-carving-von", "und-in-cutting-von"]·EN["and-in-carving-of", "and-in-cutting-of"]·FR["et-dans-carving-de", "et-dans-cutting-de"]·heb["ו-ב-חרושת"]·HI["और-कारीगरी-में", "और-तराशी-में"]·ID["dan-dalam-pengukiran"]·IT["e-in-carving-di", "e-in-cutting-di"]·jav["Lan-mawi-kasengseman", "lan-mawi-kasengseman"]·KO["그리고-장인의-솜씨로"]·PT["e-em-trabalho-de-"]·RU["И-в-резьбе", "и-в-резьбе"]·ES["y-en-artesanía-de"]·SW["na-kwa-uchongaji-wa-"]·TR["Ve-işlemede", "Ve-oyma-işinde", "ve-işlemede", "ve-oyma-işinde"]·urd["اور-تراشنے-میں", "اور-کاریگری-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת n.f. carving, skilful working, only cstr. חֲרֹשֶׁת עֵץ Ex 31:5; 35:33; ח׳ אֶבֶן 31:5; 35:33.—ii. חֲרֹשֶׁת v. p. 361 infr.