Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
engraving tool, stylus
NASB Translation
graving tool (1), letters (1).

חֶ֫רֶט noun [masculine] graving-tool, stylus —

1 graving-tool, with which Aaron fashioned (וַיָּצַר) the molten calf Exodus 32:4 (E).

2 stylus, for writing on tablet (גִּלָּיוֺן): כְּתֹב עָלָיו בְּחֶרֶט אֱנוֺשׁ Isaiah 8:1 write on it with a man's (i.e. an ordinary) stylus = in common characters, intelligible to all (see Benz^{Archaeology 290}).

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