H2776. Cheres
II. [חֶ֫רֶס] proper name, of a location 1. abode of Amorites, וּבְשַׁעַלְבִֿים בְּאַיָּלוֺן בְּהַרחֶֿרֶס [Judg 1:35], since חֶרֶס sun = שֶׁמֶשׁ, perhaps = שֶׁמֶשׁ בֵּית
1 (q. v.), so Stu (who proposes חֶרֶס עִיר = עָר), Ke Be BuRS 17 Öttli Bla; ᵐ5 ἐν τῷ [ὄρει τοῦ] Μυρσινῶνι (-ος) = הֲדַס הַר.
2 place east of Jordan הֶחָ֑רֶס מִלְמַעֲלֵה [Judg 8:13] from the ascent of Heres, ᵐ5 Αρες; the point whence Gideon turned back from pursuing Midian; Aq Symm read הֶהָרִים (see LagOnom. 96, 2nd ed. 131) so SS. — תִּמְנַתחֶֿרֶס [2:9] see below תִּמְנַת, √ מנה.
III. חרסות חַרְסִית, חֶרֶס, see below חרשׂ.
חרע (√ of following; perhaps compare Aramaic Ethpa`al be clever, shrewd, especially in bad sense; Arabic split, VIII. originate, invent).