חָרִיץ (ḥārîṣ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning a cut. It appears
3 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2757).
Also rendered
incision
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 752c)
Root family 752: חָרַץḥāraṣ — I, bestir oneself, decide, decree, determine, maim, move. (RSV similar except that it translates “growl” and “mutilate” in Ex 11;7.)