חָרוּל
cha.rulnettleHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine3 occurrences3 books3 verses
Definition
or (shortened) חָרֻל; apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly; properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed
Traditional renderings: nettle.
Traditional renderings: nettle.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Job 30:7חָר֣וּל · the nettlesThey cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
- Proverbs 24:31חֲרֻלִּ֑ים · thistlesThorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
- Zephaniah 2:9חָר֛וּל · of weedsTherefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”